Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
91
/100
Reviews
13
professional
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2006
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91/100
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Taster #4473
· Jan 20, 2026
89/100
Slightly over the top.
2006 vintage
Taster #8972
· Jan 21, 2025
Northern Rhone with bottle age (The Laundry, Brixton) : Itself a replacement for the faulty 1996 La Chapelle, this too was a dud. Astringent and thin. Gutted.
2006 vintage
Taster #1299
· Sep 2, 2024
Ribwich Lunch (Hawksmoor Air Street) : Well - after a surprisingly wonderful showing of the 07 of this wine, was quite excited to try this. Sadly - baked, cooked, awful. Not sure if it’s heat damage, air or what but. Dnpim.
2006 vintage
Taster #6385
· Aug 12, 2023
93/100
Medium with a deep ruby core and garnet rim. Pronounced aromas of jammy dark fruit, pepper, some savoury gamey and cured meats. Tannins are soft but high, balanced by the acid and intense flavours. Very long. This is not yet dead, very good drinking.
2006 vintage
Taster #4473
· Jul 7, 2021
93/100
Dark fruit, developed, but will keep doing so. Better after 1-2 hours air.
2006 vintage
Taster #0740
· May 2, 2021
92/100
Pronounced notes of dried herbs, singed leaves, olives, touches of bacon fat, shriveled berries and dark fruit. Medium+ body with medium acid — it’s not quite as big as you expect from the nose. A nice core of fruit that’s not quite as complex as the nose, it finishes with some balsamic notes and a very subtle dried leaves and smoke note. Nicely resolved tannins, this seems like something you should probably drink now.
2006 vintage
Taster #9371
· Mar 28, 2021
92/100
Still youthful. Good grip. Balanced.
2006 vintage
Taster #7613
· Jul 10, 2020
93/100
This is a clean, solid effort. Deep crimson nearing purple. There is a spicy nose of fresh berry, oak notes and lean red berry, leather and rosemary notes. Plenty of acidity and tannins but there isn’t any reason to hold. Drink with a good meal. I’d drink this any time and think it’s at peak.
2006 vintage
Taster #1129
· Aug 8, 2019
90/100
youthful colour still. Youthful fresh fruit on palate. Very attractive but lacking in complexity.
2006 vintage
Taster #7540
· Jan 30, 2016
90/100
Boring and one dimensional but very well made. Not modern at all.
2006 vintage
Taster #9358
· Jan 11, 2016
86/100
Northern Rhone Dinner (Asselina) : My notes start getting short at this point. Red fruit, a little green, hint of smoke. Not bad, but lacks the power and oomph I'd expect from good Hermitage.
2006 vintage
Taster #1129
· Mar 14, 2015
94/100
Deep red, verging into purple spectrum still. Red fruits, forest floor on hesitant nose. Rich and full bodied. Silky tannins. Ripe, succulent red fruit. Fresh. Very long, fruit dominated finish. Lovely. Hedonistic at this stage. Everything there to age well.
2006 vintage
Taster #3894
· Oct 9, 2014
89/100
Dark, blackish colour still with a purple tint. Nose of lead pencil, black currants, rasberries, smoke and pepper. Bright acidity and tanins not sufficiently balanced by fruit. Developed in the glas - needs time to air.
2006 vintage
Taster #1129
· Mar 5, 2012
92/100
Very deep colour, still youthful purple. Sharp, black currant fruits on nose with emerging forest floor aromas. Bright, high acidity and small clean tannins; very refreshing. Deep fruits on a long finish. Much improved after a long time decanted. Still very young; leave until 2014.
2006 vintage
Taster #1526
· Feb 1, 2011
88/100
Bright crimson with a ripe red berry and vanilla oak nose. Well structured, rich and long with sweet fruit, a touch of spice and ripe tannins.
2006 vintage