2017 L'Aventure Chloe

95 POINTS

Josh Raynolds - Vinous

Inky ruby. Lively, mineral-accented scents of black raspberry, black currant, vanilla and baking spices, along with a slowly emerging floral component. Pure, elegant and focused on the palate, displaying vibrant lift to the sappy black and blue fruit, violet pastille and spicecake flavors. Finishes extremely long, broad and juicy, with solid mineral thrust, a subtle cracked pepper nuance and smooth tannins.

95 POINTS

Jeb Dunnuck

95+ Cool climate-like notes of blackberries, ground white pepper, leafy herbs, olive, and underbrush notes all emerge from the 2017 Chloe. Beautifully balanced, it has an elegant, seamless texture, yet shows the vintage's more tight, focused, pretty style. Give bottles another year or two and it will keep for over a decade. This wine is 74% Syrah, 18% old vine Grenache, 5% Viognier, and 3% Graciano, all co-fermented..

94 POINTS

William Kelley - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2017 Cuvee Chloe offers up a rich, spicy nose, perhaps influenced by some Viognier stems in there by accident, along with hints of white pepper and cocoa. On the palate, it's full-bodied, rich and not too firm. It's still an infant, so it's hard to say much more, but it seems promising and potentially a bit more supple and open-knit than the 2016 rendition.

94 POINTS

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Blended of 74% Syrah, 18% Grenache, 5% Viognier and 3% Graciano, all co-fermented and aged in 50% new oak, the medium to deep ruby-purple colored 2017 Cuvée Chloe gives up blueberry and boysenberry pie, cassis and red berry aromas with notes of cracked pepper, earth, bitter chocolate, mint leaves and blood orange. The medium to full-bodied palate is silky and layered with a firm frame and long, lifted finish.