The Coulon family, owners of Domaine de Beaurenard in Châteauneuf-du- Pape have created this excellent Rhone white, a category that is largely misunderstood. It's made from 60% Roussanne, 20% Marsanne, 20% Viognier that... Read More
Domaine de Beaurenard’s flagship wine is a quintessential blend, reflecting all the diversity of the terroir and the perfect synergy that exists between the soils and the grapes. It offers a supple and refined texture associated... Read More
Levet’s Chavaroche is one of the most unyieldingly traditional and fascinating wines currently being made in the northern Rhône. Neal Rosenthal, Levet’s importer, aptly sums up the wines: “If you want the... Read More
Vermentino is an emblematic grape of Sardinia; Campuget planted it on their family terroir in the south of the Rhone Valley 8 years ago. The freshness of the Mistral and the gentle Mediterranean influences allow it to reveal all... Read More
This fresh and zesty dry rose tastes of raspberries and strawberries, typical of the Campuget style. It is easy-drinking and clean, making it perfect for summertime meals or light appetizers.
The singular Tavel AOP stands out not just for its production of bright red rosé but also because it happens to be the only appellation in France from which blanc and rouge are excluded. For winemakers Guillaume and Céline... Read More
The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape showed brilliantly and is certainly one of the stars in the vintage. Based on 55% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, and the rest Syrah and other permitted varieties, it shines for its elegance and purity,... Read More
This perfumed and expressive white wine pairs perfectly with baked fish or pesto pastas. Gorgeously fresh, with flavors of peaches, pineapple, melon and white flowers.
Delicious red fruit with milk chocolate and light spice. Couldn't be any more Grenache-y in flavour! Surprisingly dainty for such a full wine - shows the relative advantage of Gigondas against Châteauneuf, perhaps. Virtually... Read More
The appellation of Crozes-Hermitage is located in the north of the Rhône Valley. This comes from Maxime Graillot, the eldest son of Alain Graillot, who in the early 2000s branched off on his own after working wtih his father... Read More
In Provençal dialect, the name Font Sarade translates to “dry district” and helps us to understand the area’s reputation for producing rich and powerful wines. With aromas of ripe, red fruits and the famed... Read More
Adrien Fabre is creating balanced, silky wines from his biodynamic vineyards at the top of the villages of Visan and Saint-Maurice in the southern Cotes du Rhone. His Blanc is a blend of every white variety grown in the region... Read More
60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 20% Mourvèdre, from vines averaging 60 years of age, planted in chalky clay. A savoury wine with notes of leather and forest floor mingling with sweet plum. Full-bodied yet structured with fresh... Read More
All Gamay, all semi-carbonic, all stainless steel, no SO2. Fruit-driven, with enviable lift and drinkability. SO much personality here, with some of that Rhône-y garrigue coming through too. Tasty stuff.
After finishing his degree in oenology, Lattard took over his family's chicken and vegetable farm located in the heart of Ardèche. In the farm's past life, it had been covered in vines. This history inspired Denis... Read More
Ludovic and Corinne own just shy of a hectare of Saint-Joseph, in the village of Châteaubourg—the southernmost village in the appellation, just north of Cornas. As with their Cornas, they vinify the Saint-Joseph without... Read More
Deep raspberry, cherry, incense and exotic spice aromas are brightened by an intense mineral topnote. The palate shows purity of fruit, spicy garrigue flavors (as you'd expect from a more expensive Southern Rhone wine) and... Read More
This white Cotes du Rhone has notes of white flowers, white peach and apricot, showing mineral accents on the clean and crisp finish. Perfect for aperitif!
Very ripe, with layers of fig, boysenberry and plum compote forming the core, inlaid liberally with licorice snap, roasted apple wood and Turkish coffee notes. Shows lots of heft, but everything pulls together on the finish, exhibiting... Read More
This 2020 Crozes comes in at fourteen percent alcohol and delivers a refined aromatic constellation of black raspberries, cassis, pepper, black olive, a fine base of soil tones, just a touch of oak influence and plenty of upper... Read More
100% Syrah from Texier's younger (20-40-year-old) vines, planted on a south-facing, limestone marl slope of the Brézème zone (on eastern side of the Rhône River at the southern edge of the northern Rhône... Read More
A young vine Syrah from several villages Chavanay, Ardoix, Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, and Verin, all with a decomposed granite soil. Twelve day maceration with twenty-five percent whole clusters in open-top wood tapered vats... Read More
Guillaume Gilles is convinced that Cornas is at its best when one follows the most traditional of paths. Like Michel, he eschews the destemmer (in virtually all cases), works his vineyards by hand, ages his wine in old demi-muids... Read More