Mature Rhones - Marcel Juge, Barge, Verset, Grippat, Chave & Allemand

10/01/2025

I am pleased to offer a spectacular range of very hard to find mature bottles of northern Rhone.

There are rare bottles from Raymond Trollat, Marcel Juge, Noel Verset, Pierre Barge, Grippat & many other others - all in excellent drinking condition.

1 x Jasmin Cote Rotie 1970

£300 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

1 x Chateau de la Gardine Chateauneuf Du Pape 1973 Jeroboam

£400 per jero Duty Paid

*No tasting notes.*

1 x Etienne Guigal Cote Rotie La Mouline 1981

£250 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

1 x Noel Verset Cornas 1982

£900 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

2 x Dervieux-Thaize Cote Rotie Cote Brune Fontgent 1983

£250 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

5 x Robert Michel Cornas 1983

£175 per bt Duty Paid
*No tasting notes.*

1 x Gilles Barge Cote Rotie 1985

£250 per bt In Bond
**90/100 Robert M. Parker Jr:**
*'The deep ruby colored, fully mature 1985 has concentrated fruit, a fragrant bouquet of blackberries, cedar, and spice, full body, and a long, ripe, tannic finish.'*

1 x Chave Hermitage Blanc 1987

£200 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

1 x Marcel Juge Cornas Cuvee C 1988

£1,500 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

1 x Pierre Barge Cote Rotie 1988 magnum

£900 per mag In Bond
**92/100 John Gilman:**
'The 1988 blended version of Côte-Rôtie from Gilles Barge and his father Pierre is a fine, old school example and was a bit reductive still when we first opened it and needed a good twenty minutes to fully blossom and show its true pedigree. Once open fully, the wine offers up a fine bouquet of cassis, spit-roasted venison, camphor, woods ash, a very complex base of soil tones, bonfire and a distinctive topnote of cloves. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and beautifully transparent, with a fine core of fruit, still just a whisper of backend tannin and excellent length and grip on the focused finish. This was the last vintage that the Barge family only produced a blended bottling of Côte-Rôtie and the 1988 is a fine bottle that is now fully mature, but has decades of life still ahead of it.'

2 x Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage 1990

£130 per bt Duty Paid
**91/100 Robert M. Parker Jr:**
'The regular cuvee of 1990 Crozes-Hermitage tastes like most producers' Hermitage. The sensational dark purple color is followed by a huge bouquet of roasted, black-raspberry fruit, smoky, earthy scents, and a nice touch of toasty new oak. There is mind-boggling richness in this wine, as well as extraordinary extraction, yet the underpinnings of acidity, tannin, and alcohol are there. This is Graillot's finest regular cuvee of Crozes-Hermitage to date.'

2 x Champet Cote Rotie 1990 magnums

£400 per mag In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

3 x Domaine de Fauterie Saint Peray 1990

£25 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

5 x Guy de Barjac Cornas 1990

£220 per bt Duty Paid

*No tasting notes.*

2 x Chave Hermitage 1991

£1,750 per bt In Bond
**96/100 John Gilman:**
'Gérard Chave’s 1991 vintage of Hermitage is certainly one of the most stunning wines of his long and illustrious career. I have been very fortunate down through the years to drink the 1991 Chave on dozens of occasions, and though my own cache of bottles in the cellar are now long gone, I still look forward to drinking this wine anytime it appears on my vinous horizon. At thirty-two years of age the wine is squarely into its plateau of peak maturity, offering up a gorgeous bouquet of raspberries, smoked meats, pepper, a beautiful array of spice tones, a complex base of soil and a topnote of bonfire. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and very deep at the core, with magical complexity, perfect balance, melting tannins and a very, very long, pure and seamless finish. This wine is at the peak of its powers today, but has many miles to go before it sleeps!'

2 x Grippat St Joseph Blanc 1993

£150 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

1 x Marcel Juge Cornas 1993

£500 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

4 x Thierry Allemand Cornas Reynard 1994

£250 per bt Duty Paid
**★★★★(★) John Livingstone-Learmonth (Drink Rhone)**
'I loved this early in its life – and it is now a feminine wine. Dark robe, sombre hue to it. There are violet and “up” aromas here, nothing in excess, offers red meat and graphite, a fascinating combo. Its sweet, slight volatile acidity air is a hallmark of traditional Cornas in style, gives a pliant appeal. There is a tangy, graphite debut to the palate, with a gain in dimension, and a blossoming, sweet-floral, honeyed black fruit finale. Lovely wine – in the zone now. There is very good texture of tannin, which perks up the finish, add a little grainy bite. “I liken this to 2000 and to 2012; it won’t close – never did. People went for 1995, but that is a large but not grand vintage,” T Allemand. 12.5°.'

1 x Grippat Hermitage 1995

£800 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

5 x Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillots 1995

£300 per bt Duty Paid
**★★★(★) John Livingstone-Learmonth (Drink Rhone)**
*'nicely dark; stewed blackcurrant and earthy hints on bouquet, has the potential to be generous. A very good cut of dry-toned fruit, cassis again, on the palate. Has substance, finishes cleanly.'*

1 x Grippat Hermitage Blanc 1996

£350 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

14 x Jean-Michel Gerin Cote Rotie Champin Le Seigneur 1996

£60 per bt In Bond

*No tasting notes.*

1 x Grippat Hermitage 1998

£750 per bt Duty Paid

★★★★(★) John Livingstone-Learmonth (Drink Rhone)
'dark, black-tinted robe. The nose shows Hermitage authority, with licorice and clear snap, has a Hermitage masculinity, inky coolness, iodine and blueberry. The palate starts boldly with a freedom of delivery in its black fruits, very neat freshness and detail. This is terroir, STGT wine with the glint of the hill in its subtle grain element. There is a close connection between nose and palate. It gains chewy insistence in its youthful finish. It has a fine mineral quality, good finesse, with floral and violet notes on the close.'