Chene Bleu press – some highlights
Steven Spurrier of Decanter: “The wines are exceptional in every sense of the word… I like them a lot, and admire their style, and the intelligent, haute-couture approach that has gone into making them.”
Will Lyons of the Wall Street Journal: “It’s a long-term project run by serious people… stunning grace and freshness…. it could be the world’s first Super Rhône.”
James Molesworth of the Wine Spectator: “One of the most exciting new projects to come along in the southern Rhône since I have been covering the region… the wines are fresh, delineated and racy in feel…”
Michel Bettane: “What we are witnessing is the birth of a new Grand Cru… the most important new project… coming out of Europe”. His review of our first vintage (’06) saw the “highest ratings ever given to a new wine.”
Jeb Dunnuck of e-Robert Parker: “…flat-out outstanding.”
John Stimpfig of The Financial Times: “Authentic, intelligent and exquisitely executed…”
Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle: “Chêne Bleu...could one day maybe achieve ‘cult’ wine status, a "Screaming Eagle" having taken flight from Provence's garrigue...”
Jancis Robinson: “… but this year I lost my heart to another Provençal rosé, albeit not from classic pink wine country but from the greater Southern Rhône Valley. Chêne Bleu…is grown within sight of the spectacular Dentelles de Montmirail, which engrave the skyline above the village of Gigondas, on the property developed with great care by Nicole Rolet…”
Selected as a ‘Producer of the Year’ in Bettane & Desseauve’s 2015 Guide
Opus Vino: selected as “rising star” in table-top tome by James Gordon compiling best wines in the world
Elizabeth Gabay MW in piece on Cult Wines for Hungarian Wine Magazine: “Chêne Bleu…has the makings of a cult wine,”
Jeannie Cho Lee MW, Asia’s first Master of Wine: Chêne Bleu wines “delicious — Heloise more feminine and shy, Abelard more testosterone – extremely youthful and polished, very well made”
Josh Raynolds of Vinous: “this concentrated wine really outperforms its appellation…”
Kate Spicer positioned Chêne Bleu as ‘Going Up’ in The Sunday Times Magazine ‘Barometer of Cool’, saying we were her latest “rosé obsession.”