89-91 points Robert Parker: "The dense plum/ruby-colored 2001 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee Classique exhibits a spicy, cedary perfume revealing scents of black cherries, pepper, and spice box. Its fleshy, full-bodied, fruit-driven personality displays considerable structure and tannin in the finish. One of the Boiron's more delineated and powerful traditional cuvees, it will be at its finest between 2005-2016. Prices for the Boiron family wines remain among the most reasonable in Châteauneuf du Pape ... remarkable given the high quality of all three cuvees, and the fact that this family has been making Chateauneuf du Pape for five generations."