Rhone Valley

All the grapes are hand-harvested, from severely-pruned, low-yielding vines. The red Crozes-Hermitage grapes are not destemmed, i.e. 100% whole-cluster. They are loaded into lined concrete vats, and temperatures are brought...

100% Syrah Fruit for this wine is a barrel selection of Graillot's best Crozes-Hermitage lots each vintage. 'La Guiraude' is chosen after Alain has tasted every barrel. This stem-fermented wine...

Les Cailloux Blanc displays a pale gold color in its youth and evolves into deep gold after a few years of aging. It has floral scents of honeysuckle and jasmine...

Pale yellow. Fresh peach, tangerine and honeysuckle aromas and flavors are sharpened by a spicy ginger note. Juicy and seamless in texture, delivering solid closing thrust and lingering florality.

This fresh-fruited, immediately enjoyable wine is packed with flavors of blackberry and raspberry preserves. Soft in tannins and marked by a kiss of licorice candy, the easy-drinking, freshly balanced wine...

The nose is elegant and complex with aromas of fruits, kirsch and hints of brushwood and menthol notes. A round and full-bodied palate, and at the same time very elegant...

Rather rambunctious, with lots of green pepper, olive and fresh bay leaf notes skittering around, holding the core of cherry, bitter plum and red currant fruit in check. A tangy...

This wine shows terrific balance and harmony. Quite delicate and smooth texture on the long finish. \n \n Producer Information \n It was the most frantic year of Louis Barruol’s...

It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length. \n \n Producer Information \n It was the most frantic year...

It smells like a lamb steak cooked over wood and barded with resinous herbs, though there’s fruit, too, plummy and rich. \n \n Producer Information \n It was the most...

The lion's share of the fruit for the 2020 vintage comes from a single lieu-dit, Rosier, a narrow vineyard valley with rare geological makeup known as Bonnevaux L'Amballan. The roots...

It has an extraordinary capacity to display an intensely seductive nose—complex and full of refinement. \n \n Producer Information \n It was the most frantic year of Louis Barruol’s life....

Louis Barruol is one of the rare experts of both northern and southern Rhone terroirs. Having originally made a name for himself through his grand Gigondas cuvee, he approached Kermit...

Pale yellow-gold. Mineral-drenched pear, lemon pith and ginger qualities on the pungent nose; jasmine, fennel and chamomile nuances add complexity.\n \n Producer Information\n Louis Barruol is an indefatigable force in...

From the small plot called La Pierrelle, whose vines are more than eighty years old, comes this Marsanne with magnificent floral, pit fruit, and bitter notes. Some say those fruit...

Barton Guestier has successfully sustained the tradition of selecting, vinifying, bottling, and shipping the finest French wine appellations all over the world for almost 300 years

The palate is an explosion of delicate flavors, nice and delightful mouthfeel. Quite delicate and smooth texture on the long finish.\n \n Producer Information\n Barton & Guestier is the oldest...

B&G Cotes du Rhones "Les Galets" is a dry red wine from the Cotes du Rhone region of France, made from a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre. This wine...

The palate is an explosion of delicate flavors, nice and delightful mouthfeel. Quite delicate and smooth texture on the long finish.\n \n Producer Information\n Barton & Guestier is the oldest...

Heaps of dark berry fruit, along with classic Provence garrigue notes (rosemary, thyme, sage), and a broad, rich and super textured palate. \n \n Producer Information \n In 1992, Philippe...

This wine is beautiful on the nose with brooding raspberry, black cherry, garrigue (rosemary, thyme), chocolate and tobacco which builds and concentrates on the palate. The mouthfeel is rich without...

Light and fresh. Expressive of fresh summer fruits (apricot, peach) with exotic mango notes. It then opens up to flavors of citrus fruit and white flowers (acacia, hawthorn). A fresh...

A deep purple color. A highly expressive and charming nose, blending notes of ripe fruit and delicate spices. A well-built red wine with pleasing tannins. Smooth yet chewy, there is...

Paler ruby than some earlier vintages due to the extreme proportion of Grenache, the nose is however as explosive, plush and opulent as ever, layered with exotic spice, cracked black...

The Catherine Le Goeuil Cotes Du Rhone Cairanne 2014 is a red wine blend made by Domaine Catherine Le Goeuil, a small family-owned winery in the Cairanne appellation of the...

Superb deep color. The complex nose offers notes of ripe fruit, spices and flowers. Full bodied and balanced, the palate is very delicate with magnificent aromas of cherries, plums and...

The Rosé has a nice appearance with a light and fresh pink color. This particularly fruity taste of raspberries and strawberries, typical of the Campuget style, has a good and...

Its color is a golden-yellow-green. It exhales fine scents of flowers and white-fleshed fruits. Its characteristic is a well-balanced structure, beginning with a round and fruity taste of peach and...

It is a garnet-red colored wine with a blue hue. Its scent of ripe fruit is dominated by black currants underlined with hints of spices and pepper. In the mouth,...

The Chateau de Campuget is, above all, the adventure of a Northern family who came to settle not far from the Mediterranean during the war… on the slopes of the...

The Chateau de Campuget is, above all, the adventure of a Northern family who came to settle not far from the Mediterranean during the war… on the slopes of the...

The Chateau de Campuget is, above all, the adventure of a Northern family who came to settle not far from the Mediterranean during the war… on the slopes of the...

Complex, harmonious and fresh. This sleek and focused red shows a pure beam of wild currant and brambly fruit flanked with garrigue, Earl Grey tea, anise and graphite notes all...

Delivers a nice saturated feel without being heavy, letting cherry and plum paste notes unfurl slowly, along with violet, licorice root and warm humus accents, which all blossom steadily through...

Raspberry, violet, licorice, peony, black pepper and gingerbread. Greatly textured with prominent saltiness and length in the finish.

Guerin offers a truly captivating personality: complex and charming, with a mesmerizing softness. Beautiful flavors of marzipan, blackberries and wild violets marry with the characteristic salinity and mineral freshness of...

Les Cotes represents the most powerful expression of the Rouanne terroir. Concentrated flavors of licorice, black pepper and gingerbread. Greatly textured with prominent saltiness and length in the finish.

Les Cotes represents the most powerful expression of the Rouanne terroir. Concentrated flavors of licorice, black pepper and gingerbread. Greatly textured with prominent saltiness and length in the finish.

Modern and stylish, offering an engaging mix of raspberry puree, warm baking spices and red licorice, with vanilla highlights. A beam of iron minerality brings shape and balance to this...

#9 Wine Spectator Top 10 Wine Values of 2023\n\nChateau de Saint Cosme is the leading estate of Gigondas and produces the benchmark wines of the appellation. The property has been...