2022 Cotes du Rhone Wine

This Tavel is such an original wine that challenges the very definition of Tavel and rosé in general. A full-bodied, very dark, structured dry rosé from one of the few appellations producing exclusively rosé.... Read More

Bertrand Stehelin's vines in Gigondas are planted between 100 and 300 meters above sea level and are all in the range of 70-90 years old. 70% Grenache, 25% Syrah, and 5% Mourvèdre, this wine is intense and full-bodied,... 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

The standard bearer of this domaine is the Côtes du Rhône Rouge produced from the younger (but not young) vines of the estate, averaging 35 years old. This wine is 100% Grenache and produces a classically spicy, full-bodied... Read More

François and Anne Tardy are at the helm of this small family estate, which started bottling their wines in 1979. This Syrah comes from 30 year-old vines located in the Les Chassis terrace of Crozes-Hermitage. Floral, spicy,... Read More

100% Grenache from 80+ year old vines on the classic sandy, gravel, galets roulés laden soils of Chateauneuf. This wine is the very embodiment of the Mediterranean sun, garrigue and abundance, with stunning intensity and... Read More

If the Brunier family’s regal and structured Châteauneufs are best suited to a nice tablecloth, low lights, and ribeye or slow-cooked leg of lamb, their bright and juicy Pigeoulet is perfect right out of the ice bucket... Read More

A young vine Syrah from several villages Chavanay, Ardoix, Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, and Verin, all with a decomposed granite soil. Peppery and juicy with aromas of violets, spices and blackberries. A great freshness, soft... Read More

Gramenon's cuvées, a product of biodynamic farming and careful natural winemaking, demonstrate the purity and finesse old-vine Grenache can achieve from the southern Rhône's most exciting terroirs. La Papesse... Read More

This varietal Grenache is made from Gramenon’s ‘younger’ vines (approx. 70 years old) in the Cotes du Rhone. Spicy, raw, and dark-fruited, this ain’t your average bottle of CDR. Pop one now, lay one down.... Read More

You would be hard pressed to find a more classic, traditional Cotes du Rhone Villages wine than Perrin. Within the Cotes du Rhone, only 20% of the best vineyards are allowed to be labeled 'Villages.This blend of Syrah and... Read More

Made with 75% Grenache and 25% Syrah, this energetic red flows with aromas and flavors of brambly, spicy red and dark berries and an herbaceous rusticity that lovers of classic Rhone wines will adore.

The 2022 Les Deux Albion Blanc is largely Viognier and Marsanne, and the Viognier really shows on the nose with its honeyed citrus, flower, tangerine, and orange blossom-like aromatics. These carry to a medium-bodied, pure, layered,... Read More

Les Picaudières is perhaps the best vineyard in Crozes-Hermitage, formerly owned by Raymond Roure and now tended by Stéphane Rousset. The 30 to 80 year-old vines are on granite terraces, isolated in an oak forest... Read More

Enjoyably fresh and fluid style, good acidity, with lip-smacking raspberry and strawberry fruit. Good feeling of lift and drinkability considering the extreme vintage conditions. Elegant, fine tannins. Fermented in concrete vats,... Read More

Le Village is an assemblage of Syrah from three granitic, terraced vineyards in Cornas: Les Côtes, Reynard and Cayret. Like his other reds, the grapes are hand-harvested, sorted, then crushed, with partial de-stemming... Read More