M Chapoutier Cote Rotie La Mordoree 2000/2001/2002 (3x1.5L)

2000: "Offering up scents of white flowers, black olives, cassis, and roasted notes, it is a seamless effort with well-integrated acidity and tannin as well as a big, plush, concentrated style that will provide delicious up-front drinking." - Robert Parker 90pts

2001: "This still has a gutsy core of blackberry, anise and macerated currant fruit, with secondary notes of tobacco, sage, mulled spice and tar holding sway on the finish. Very solid, with plenty of concentration still, despite being well along on its evolution." - Wine Spectator 93pts

2002: "As extraordinary as the 2003s are, I was also blown away by the 2002s produced by Chapoutier, some of which are among the top wines of this challenging vintage. As I have said so many times over the last 15 years, the top Chapoutier wines are meant for very long term drinking, and are not designed for immediate gratification. Everything Chapoutier is doing, from his bio-dynamically farmed vineyard to tiny yields, extended fermentations, indigenous yeasts, and no fining or filtration, is done to produce the essence of a vineyard and a vintage." - Robert Parker 89pts