Wine Advocate # 156 - Dec 2004
Score : 87-88
The 2001 Cote Rotie Brune et Blonde exhibits an herb and tapenade-scented nose with hints of smoke, bacon fat, red currants, raspberries, and figs. It is a delicious, medium-bodied 2001 to drink over the next 5-7 years. Robert Parker
Wine Spectator - Issue: Web Only - 2011
Score: 90
A textbook version, with roasted sage, sweet tapenade, sandalwood, mulled cherry and black currant fruit notes all melded together. The solid finish is juicy and nicely rounded. Non-blind 2001 Côte-Rôtie retrospective (April 2011). Drink now. 20,830 cases made. James Molesworth