• • Mark-Anthony
  • 18 June 2012
  5 out of 5

  W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.

  5 Stars? Why? Because it's exactly what it purports to be. A good Rhone at a cheap price - Chapoutier wouldn't put his name on less. You get more than your money's worth with this one, brambles and berries, rounded and long - it's great - for what it is. And let us not forget it's less than a tenner. It ain't Lafite but it's not pretending to be. And for those of you bleating - you try to find a better Rhone, easily available, for less than a tenner and I won't hold my breath waiting for your response.

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• • alan shepherd
  • 7 April 2010
  1 out of 5

  cooking wine (just)

  IChapoutiers cheaper wines have deteriorated recently but I was given two bottles of his Hermitage which were fantastic,so decided to give this a try and bought 6 bottles. One mouthful was enough don,t think I could even cook with it.

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• • GaryB
  • 15 January 2013
  5 out of 5

  Great wine

  Great wine at this price. This one has got me buying more French wine again. Have bought on several occassions - very reliable.

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• • Treth
  • 12 October 2012
  3 out of 5

  Good value

  Not the best top quality Cotes du Rhone I have ever tasted but at that price extremely good value, have re-ordered so must have enjoyed !

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• • Joelk
  • 18 September 2012
  3 out of 5

  Getting worse

  Not sure if this is getting worse or I'm getting pickier or both. Last couple of bottles have been too thin. I would expect to be able to open and drink but had to resort to letting this one breathe for a good while. I understand you get what you pay for but at a tenner a bottle you can easily find a decent Cotes pretty much anywhere. This is obviously a bad year/batch but nevertheless I'm going to have a break from this one for a while.

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• • David H
  • 8 September 2012
  4 out of 5

  Excellent Top quality 2011 Wine

  As always Michael Chapoutier has produced an excellent wine. It has all the character requirements to improve over the next year or so I will probably buy some more when the price is right and lay it down.

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Press Reviews

• • Pete Stewart
  • Sunday Herald

  Taste great (2010 Vintage)

  "Chapoutier is an organic and biodynamic producer and his wines are fantastic. Biodynamic wine production has an element of witchcraft to it with the grapes being harvested in tune with the cycles of the moon. I know this sounds strange, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and these wines taste great. (Pete Stewart, Sunday Herald, 3rd March 2013)"

• • Fiona Beckett
  • Guardian

  "For those who can't live without a red at the Christmas table, meanwhile, you could do a lot worse than a generous, fruity côtes du rhône such as M Chapoutier's Côtes-du-Rhône Belleruche 2008."

• • Matthew Jukes
  • Daily Mail

  "This has as much quality as the best Chapoutier reds at hundreds of pounds a bottle - the essence of the Rhône Valley in a glass."

• • Jane MacQuitty
  • Saturday Times

  "Try a taster with Chapoutier's delicious bold, herby, violet-scented 2009 Côtes du Rhône, Belleruche."