Robertparker.com
"My favorite of the multiple cuvées was the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Hautes Brusquieres Cuvee Speciale. It's the most floral and expressive of the Charbonnière 2015s, with scents of garrigue and violets accenting raspberry and cherry fruit. Full-bodied yet supple, it comes to a finely focused, elegant and lingering finish with no apparent heat. It should drink well for up to 15 years.. Drink 2017-2030."
95 points
James Suckling
"A masterpiece of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The fruit power leads this wine and lends that effortless sense of power and length that only old vines can muster. Oak adds spice but the blood plum and dark cherry fruits take center stage here. Best from 2020." 96 points
Winespectator.com
"Gorgeous, with red currant, fig, boysenberry and blackberry paste flavors that run along in unison, while tightly focused graphite, oolong tea and singed anise hints run underneath. Drips with fruit but has energy and persistence, with a mineral echo adding cut on the finish.." 95 points
Om Domaine de la Charbonnière
At nogen af verdens bedste vine kommer fra Chateauneuf du Pape er ingen hemmelighed længere. En af områdets lidt oversete perler er Domaine de la Charbonnière (kulsvierens domæne!) med ejeren Michel Maret i spidsen, ledsaget af de to døtre Veronique og Caroline, der langsomt er ved at overtage den daglige drift af et domæne, der laver klassiske og fyldige vine med stort lagringspotentiale.
Domaine de la Charbonnière råder over 17,5 ha. Chateauneuf du Pape og derudover 4 ha. AOC Vacqueyras. Der fremstilles ikke mindre end 4 udgaver af rød Chateauneuf du Pape samt en hvid Chateauneuf du Pape og normalt kun 1 Vacqueyras.
