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Chateau De Fonsalette

Chateau de Fonsalette

Réservé Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend 2006

JKT
9.3

Gee forgot first one opened only over a year ago and this is it. What immediately stood out is the elegance and rounded complexity and all around goodness that I took note of but didn’t dwell on as it paired so well with Evan’s pork belly. What a surprising wine lamented as Cute de Rhone, but what a pedigree — 19 hours ago

Château Rayas

Château de Fonsalette Réservé Côtes du Rhône White Rhône Blend 2000

Alvaro Bustillos
9.4

Pozas pelicans — 3 years ago

Jan and James liked this

Chateau de Fonsalette

Réservé Côtes du Rhône Syrah 1985

Mike Evans
9.4

A brilliant aged Syrah more reminiscent of Cote Rotie than anything else. It keeps getting more youthful and complex with air. Fantastic. — 7 years ago

Shay, Anthony and 2 others liked this

Chateau de Fonsalette

Réservé Côtes du Rhône Syrah

Michael Simonetti
9.6

Dream. Herbs. Game. Fruit. — 8 years ago

Château Rayas

Reserve Château de Fonsalette Côtes du Rhône Red Rhone Blend 2006

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
9.5

2006 vintage. Opened and put aside for a half hour, then decanted and tasted after an hour. Excellent fill and cork with minimal sed. Rusty, brickish color. Earthy, spicy nose. Light bodied. Phenomenal amounts of undying back palate push and spice “componentry” to vault this into Holy Bleep territory. Another decade at this level. Such a pleasure. 04.18.25. — 10 months ago

Ted, David and 12 others liked this
Tom Casagrande

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You lucked out. Last three bottles I’ve had of Fonsallette from the aughts were, of necessity, purchased on the secondary market and obviously poorly stored by some rich a**holes who didn’t give a sh*t and didn’t appreciate what their wealth and connections were able to get. As a result, all three bottles I got were tired and browning. Still, the memory I have of how great these wines can be (from the 80s and early 90s before they acquired cult status) keep me rolling the dice and spending $$ I shouldn’t searching to re-live that magic despite the risk of poor storage.

Domaine Gramenon

Sierra du Sud Côtes du Rhône Syrah

Lee Lightfoot
9.2

Phenomenal value for an ageable Syrah heavy Cotes du Rhone. Like a baby fonsalette, cracked pepper red and purple fruit savory warm sand and herbs. Light to medium body, crushable with great acid and still kicking on day 2. — 5 years ago

Alex Lallos
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Andrew, Dawn and 2 others liked this
Alex Lallos

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Super! Dark with boysenberry and sous bois nose. At its peak but will continue to evolve. Lovely
9.2

A Tribute to Grace Wines

Santa Barbara Highlands Grenache 2018

Jeremy Shanker
9.3

Delicious Grenache. Fonsalette lite — 10 months ago

Pooneet, Tom and 2 others liked this

Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 1998

Mark Rosse
9.2

Great cork. A bit of a let down after the Fonsalette. — a year ago

Severn liked this

Château Rayas

Château de Fonsalette Réservé Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend 2007

Gilbert Van Hassel
9.1

Predominantly Grenache with a fair bit of cinsault, meatier than his famous brother Rayas but still a great Côtes du Rhône. Drink now.
 — 3 years ago

Jan, Ira and 2 others liked this

Thierry Allemand

Cornas Reynard (R) Syrah 2007

Keith Herrick
9.5

Compared to the juge and the fonsalette, this was totally reserved. Meat, olive, sage, granite and plum. Dark fruits, and for Syrah, a subtle aroma. This wine is very young but I would not call it closed up. Fairly tannic as well. — 8 years ago

Ira and Seth liked this