KYSELA PERE ET FILS, LTD.

"In this wine, smoky veins of clove and charred vanilla bean accent black-cherry preserves and plum compote. A blend of equal parts Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre fermented in concrete vats and matured just nine months in 5% new oak, it maintains a keen balance between hedonistic black fruit and charry spice tones. Opulent in mouthfeel and baby soft in tannins, it's an immediately approachable wine that should hold through 2025. - ANNA LEE C. IIJIMA"

- Wine Enthusiast (October 2021), 90 pts

"This plush, full-bodied wine offers unctuous blueberry and blackberry flavors peppered by warming tones of cinnamon, dried ginger and clove. It's a lavish sip that lingers on fine, smooth tannins. Ready now the wine should improve through 2024.- ANNA LEE C. IIJIMA"

- Wine Enthusiast (May 2020), 90 pts

"What was previously known as the Clos Hermitage cuvée, the 2015 Côtes du Rhône Clos Jean Alesi is one-third each of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre that spent nine months in mostly once-used barrels (5% in new oak). It has a deep, graphite, mineral, and black-fruited profile, with subtle oak, medium to full body, and terrific purity. It’s relatively structured and will benefit from another year in bottle, but it’s a beautiful Côtes du Rhône that should see its 10th birthday in fine form."

- Jeb Dunnuck (March 2019), 92+ pts

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"Loaded with sweet oak, the 2015 Cotes du Rhone is a full-bodied sexpot, oozing with vanilla, cedar and baking spice. This is plush and velvety on the palate, hugely attractive in its obvious charms, finishing long, layered and rich. I suppose one could quibble with the style, but I found it delicious for drinking over the next 5 years or so. The wine is made at Château Ségriès in Lirac. - Joe Czerwinski"

- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #233, October 2017), 91 pts

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"Made from equal parts Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, this softly textured wine is full of plump blueberry and black-cherry flavors. It's a shamelessly hedonistic, fruity wine but hints of bitter char and granite as well as firm, rigid tannins lend structure. Drink now through 2024. - ANNA LEE C. IIJIMA"

- Wine Enthusiast (May 2019), 90 pts

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