California Claassen Châteauneuf-du-Pape Windansea Beach Cellar Craft Limited Edition
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
92
/100
Reviews
7
professional
Vintages
1
2010
Other
92/100
Red Rhone Blend
NV
Community Reviews
1919
Reviews
91.7
Avg Score
96
Highest
Taster #6712
· Nov 10, 2023
And once again, perfect to go with duck cassoulet! The cassoulet is not as good as before, but the wine is.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Feb 5, 2023
96/100
Wow, amazing! Will be perfect with duck cassoulet
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Jul 26, 2021
Bright fresh fruit aromas with hint of bramble. Burgundy-garnet in color. Flavors of red fruits with hint of spice and green bell pepper. Very nice!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Dec 2, 2019
WOW! So good.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Apr 29, 2018
Won Silver medal at San Diego County Fair - 0.1 point from being a gold medal.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Feb 27, 2018
Entered in San Diego County fair
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Nov 5, 2016
Won Silver medal at American Wine Society Amateur wine competition!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Sep 10, 2016
95/100
Tasted to enter in AWS competition. Love this wine so much, hate to give up 2 bottles for contest! But, great color, fruity aromas, perfect balance - will enter this one.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Feb 18, 2016
YUM!!!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Jul 18, 2015
90/100
Excellent! Drink now.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· May 10, 2015
Tasting excellent - drink now!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Jan 11, 2015
Tasting so very yummy! Ripe red fruits on the nose, with velvety flavors of currant, blueberry, and blackberry with hint of chocolate in the long finish.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Nov 25, 2014
88/100
Getting kind of mellow now. Very nice, velvety, still great fruit-forward flavors.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Oct 21, 2014
90/100
Very yummy! Good fruit, light spice. Notes of coffee and tobacco.
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Jan 10, 2014
92/100
Wow, really amazing! Aromas of cedar box, brambles and blackberries. Rich, mouthfilling flavors of chocolate, blackberry, coffee, plums and hint of tobacco on the long finish. Perfectly balanced, beyond yummy!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Dec 16, 2013
Tasting really good!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· Oct 2, 2013
Mmmmm, good!!!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· May 2, 2012
91/100
Bottled about a year after a few months of bulk aging. Tasted in Riedel Rhone glasses, with and without aeration. Aromas and flavors much bolder and smoother with aeration. Aromas of plum, blackcurrant, and boysenberry. Very clear garnet in color. Smooth, rich, bold flavors of vanilla, blackberry, clove, and currant. Rich and luscious with touch of chocolate in the long finish, already amazing and ready to drink!
2010 vintage
Taster #6712
· May 25, 2011
Day of bottling, tasting from partial last bottle; too early to rate. Ready to bottle 3/17/11, but left to bulk age; racked off of secondary oak 4/8/11. Big, bold aromas of brambles, plum, currant, and light spice; no "kit" nose. Very clear, dark purple-garnet in color, did not filter. Definitely taste the oak, very acidic up front, will certainly mellow over time. Underlying flavors of toast, blackberry, currant and cassis with long, spicy finish. Very young but showing great promise …
2010 vintage