Domaine Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Imperiale

Much more advanced aromatic profile than earlier encounters with this wine which showed some pruny notes overlaying the wealth of underlying fruit. Rich, full-bodied palate with vestiges of red and dark fruit, although the abundance of acidity previously encountered seemed to have gone AWOL resulting in a somewhat flabby and abbreviated finish. Still delicious if not the most representative bottle.

2010 vintage

Excellent Doesn't even begin to describe this wine! This is one of the few Rhone wines that doesn't beg for food (05 Beaucastel being another) Gave it 90 minutes in the duck and it was singing. Smooth, Dark fruits, Very mild tobacco and leather, cherry.

2010 vintage

Textbook example of elite old-vine Grenache from a legendary vintage. Powerful yet balanced, complex without being showy, and deeply satisfying at this stage of its life. If you enjoy structured Southern Rh�ne with real depth and character, this is a bottle that absolutely delivers.

2010 vintage

Excellent wine drinking at peak. A wonderful combination of earth and fruit with fine tannin integration. Enjoy on a quiet evening with friends.

2010 vintage

Full, rich, still vigorous, not complex but very enjoyable. Amazing QPR.

2010 vintage

color is still very young and vibrant, while the nose and palate are showing a lot more signs of age (not in a bad way). needed at least an hour, hour and a half in a decanter before it started showing its best.

2010 vintage

Rich, delicious dark berry fruit with black raspberry and smokey flavors, excellent structure, very smooth and soft, finish a little short but a little rough

2010 vintage

Very expressive nose, with bright blackberries and currants. Nice acidity and firm but elegant tannins, with a very layered palate showing forest floor, chocolate, blackberries, blackcurrants, cherries - with a long ending showing cedar wood some spice and blackberries with a hint of cherries. We opened and drank this - but I have half bottle I will let rest until tomorrow before having some more. This is a stunning wine in a great spot now, but with potential to become …

2010 vintage

Wow. Feel like we nailed the drinking window just right on this one. Everything in harmony. I have one more and will be drinking it soon.

2010 vintage

Nose: The wine immediately captivates with an aromatic bouquet reminiscent of the Proven�al countryside. Expect vibrant hints of wild garrigue and fresh herbs, elegantly intertwined with warm spices such as cinnamon and other exotic notes. Delicate touches of toasted brioche and subtle floral accents add to the complexity, offering a truly refined and inviting nose. Palate: On the palate, the wine is fruit-driven yet layered, showcasing flavors of caramelized cherries and ripe red fruits that mingle beautifully with a mosaic …

2010 vintage

Nez d�licat et fin. Lavande, fruits confitur�s. En bouche, tout en rondeur. Bien �quilibr� et tanins bien fondu. Belle ampleur. Belle longueur. Un beau Chateauneuf

2010 vintage

Dark berry and chocolate aroma. Similar flavor with a touch of Grenache sweetness. A little linear but great flavor. Smooth, balanced and well integrated - the fruit, tannins and alcohol are in harmony. Has the backbone for further aging, but I would drink up - it’s delicious right now. Very affordable when I bought this.

2010 vintage

Awesome, as expected

2010 vintage

initially quite enjoyable when I poured it. As the wine warmed up, it became a little more viscous and harsher. In the end it had notes of soy which as not enjoyable.

2010 vintage

Needs an hour in the decanter but so well balanced after that.

2010 vintage

D�gustation horizontale Ch�teauneuf du Pape 2010 (� la maison) : Un nez sur le fruit noir. La bouche est lisse et ronde, ce qui � l'aveugle peut passer pour de la "modernit�" et de l'�levage en f�t, alors qu'il s'agit souvent de vins tr�s traditionnels faits en cuve b�ton. C'est d'ailleurs le cas de ce vin apr�s v�rification! Le fruit est tr�s m�r, le vin plein et go�teux, assez �l�gant mais un peu unidimensionnel � ce stade. Il y a …

2010 vintage

14.5% alcohol. G 80%, Mrvdr 10%, S 6%, Cinsault 2%,Counoise 2%. Very good cork, not that long but of high quality and with no wine penetration whatsoever. Pretty dark with very limited thinning at the edge and no bricking whatsoever. The nose is full of dark fresh fruit with more subtlety and delicacy than expected; black olive as well with time in the glass. The mouth is just as good with some strawberry aded. There is an element of leanness …

2010 vintage

This took 90 minutes to soften and open up. After that it was fantastic.

2010 vintage

Open for 2 hours. Outstanding. To drink soon plus 1-2 year

2010 vintage

Decanted for one hour then back in bottle and to restaurant. Nicely balanced. Some dark blackberry fruit. Dont know GSM %?blend but definitely not all grenache. Tannins present but silky. Very nice bottle

2010 vintage

Give it a thorough decant and a about an hour to open up. Enjoy the grenache, stay for the blend. It will reward you. This is a tremendous effort. Full, rich, balanced, complex, dark, practically perfect. Enjoy it now or in a few years from now.

2010 vintage

Way too young. Hold

2010 vintage

I don't even know where to start. I always hesitate when it comes to giving a wine the highest points. But this time, it was very easy in my limited wine Universe. Let's start from the beginning. 2 hours in the decanter. Smell? Delicate, fragile almost shy, but well defined. Sweet red and black cherry, flowers, minerals, smoke, more sweets( vanilla?). Nevermind, because when you take the first sip you will forget about everything else. It's hard to describe it, …

2010 vintage

At Robert's birthday lunch. It was a mistake to bring this bottle as it was way too young and deserved a decent amount of time in the decanter as opposed to a pop and pour. Dark red fruit, some fig, currants and spice leading to moderate to long finish. I think a few years in the cellar of a few hours in the decanter will definitely improve the score.

2010 vintage

Tasted over 3 hrs -dark red mild clearing -grenache-y sweet kirsch wet stone -med acidity provides nice balancing lift, med/med+ weight ripe cherry kirsch, med- tannins -on its mature plateau

2010 vintage

More of a future score �.this is incredibly made. Thick rich and has trouble opening and settling down over 2 .5 hours Cherry , graphite, spice , cranberry, hidden tannins� Really rich and evolving

2010 vintage

Blackberry compote under a layer of asphalt. It's big and bold, but two days after opening and this wine has barely moved toward releasing its inner beauty. You can hold on to this for years but I think it's now at the point of maturity and would highly recommend drinking the remaining bottles sooner rather than later. Greatly over-rated by Parker with a score of 99... I believe it will never be as good as described.

2010 vintage

Medium garnet. Sweet red fruit, Mediterranean herbs, violets, star anise, orange pecoe tea and earth notes. This is medium to full-bodied, drinks young still with good intensity and mouth-watering acidity, plump primarily red-fruited mid-palate and some tannins still to be resolved on the back-end. An excellent wine that will be better with at least another 3-5 years of cellaring, IMO. If drinking now, a couple of hours in the decanter is suggested.

2010 vintage

Good dark cherry fruit, quite heavy as you would expect of a CndP. Rosemary, hedgerow. Long, fairly straightforward. Drinking now but will improve over the next decade.

2010 vintage

A very nice wine, especially on day 2. Elegant nose, showing slight heat, grenache sweetness, a hint of smoke and leather, tertiary notes. Is probably at its peak, however no sign of fatiguee, probably 3-4 more years to go. Lots of sediment. Glad I have 2 more in my cellar. Bought for 30 € 9 years ago.

2010 vintage

14.5% alcohol. G 80%, Mvdr 10%, S 6%, Cinsault 2%, Counoise 2%. Excellent long cork with no wine penetration whatsoever. The colour is dark with very marginal thinning (but no bricking) at the edge of the rim. The nose has good energy with a mix of dark fruit, mostly fresh but with a small raisiny component which is actually pleasant and adds complexity. The mouth is a bit alarming initially in that it has a porty component, but in time …

2010 vintage

Huge even after a 3 hr decant, dark red, Grenache sweetness, full bodied, full throttle but balanced, so young still

2010 vintage

Enjoyed by all. Benefited from decanting .

2010 vintage

mix of red and blue fruit, herbal, violets; palate is quite smooth, tannins still present but softer, medium + length, very lovely

2010 vintage

Nothing flashy. A good, not great wine. Sleeping??

2010 vintage

Grenache-dominated blend with 20% syrah. Drinking beautifully right now. The 2010 CdP vintage is ready to go. Don't hold them too long.

2010 vintage

(From magnum). Just beginning to turn into a tertiary led drink. On the cusp and improved over time and with air in the glass. Drink the next magnum in 2024….

2010 vintage

Tasted vis-avis the Trois Sources from Julienne, this wins by a mile. Tasted over two days, this show both sweet Grenache and the cool minerality (and drinkability, least we forget)

2010 vintage

Ouvert et bu dans de grands verres mais je suspecte que le vin a manqu� d�air. Robe grenat tr�s l�g�rement palissante sur les bords. Ar�mes plut�t discrets sur les olives vertes et les herbes proven�ales. Plut�t viril il manquait d��quilibre. Bonne longueur toutefois. A revoir.

2010 vintage

cheers - I agree with others' opinions on this wine....very good, but from such an excellent vintage, I was hoping for a bit more complexity from this winery....

2010 vintage

Corked,

2010 vintage

Notes from first night: A perfectly nice, drinkable modern wine. It does have a touch of what might be site-specific earthy characteristics, there is something unique there, but it seems to lack structure and I don't find it that interesting. Second night: after 24h of *some* (not much) air it got much better and less flabby, so there is hope. Upped the score from 85 to 89. We'll see what happens in a few years.

2010 vintage

80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 5% Cinsault, 5% Mourvedre. Decanted. Med+ garnet. Med+ dried red fruit, dried black plum, grilled medicinal herbs, lavender, carob and sweet baking spice from 12 mos. aging in various sizes of oak containers. The nose is developed. Dry but fruit-forward, w/ med acid, med, resolved tannins and high alcohol (14.5%). Full-bodied, with med+ to pronounced flavor intensity and length. Drink now, not likely to improve with further aging.

2010 vintage

Solid mature CDP. Black fruits on the nose, with some sweet raspberry and earthy notes coming through. Good dark color in the glass. Opened up after an hour, with the slightly stewed fruit notes integrating to produce a quite pleasant package of raspberry, bing cherry and smoked meats. Decent finish, still quite fresh with savory notes. There’s a bit of heat but overall this is holding up ok. After about 6 hrs, it started to markedly decline so I’m taking …

2010 vintage

Excellent with chicken-porcini-Marsala dish. Agree with some previous notes that it starts off with a slight stewed fruit flavor, but that dissipated after about 3 hrs open. Nice grenache and Mourvèdre fruit flavors, supple mouthfeel, maybe a little smokiness in there too. Really enjoyed this.

2010 vintage

Holy moly was this good tonight. Had with a lamb leg pounded thin and rolled up with tarragon, herbes de Provence (including lavender), shallot, mint, yellow onion, and some other ingredients slow cooked with parsnip and other accompaniments. Opened up and had a string stewed fruit component and I thought it was well over the hill. 4 hours in decanter for half of the bottle brought out pretty incredible grenache and other CdP notes belying this wine's relatively modest pedigree. …

2010 vintage

This wine was past its peak. great nose showing it was good at one point but it's over the hill for this bottle. giving it a 92 bc at one point it was probably great

2010 vintage

The last bottle was flawed so delighted to discover this one suffered no such fate. Bright medium ruby. Fragrant nose filled with violets, sweet wild strawberry, ripe red cherry and garrigue. Still youthful, packed with juicy red fruit, good lift and terrific inner mouth perfume. This seemed several years away from hitting its full potential but was ever so good already. A couple of hours in the decanter is suggested.

2010 vintage

14.5% alcohol. Very good long dense cork with no wine penetration. The colour is deep with some fading at the edge of the rim. Very good nose with mixed dark berries and plenty of energy; there is a measure of elegance here. The mouth is similar, maybe half a notch below expectations; powdery aspect. Tingly sensation in the aftertaste, not unpleasant at all; very good grip. A muscular CndP without much opulence and accordingly not archetypal. Vg nevertheless.

2010 vintage

Seemingly at peak, seamless and easy drinking, with juicy red berry notes, Asian spice and some sweet floral overtones. Good energy, too.

2010 vintage

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Domaine Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Imperiale

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