A fragrant and attractively fresh nose of brambleberries, spices, cinnamon, licorice and tar. The palate has all the dark plummy fruit you would expect, but it's delivered in a compact package th br...

This comes from a beautiful vineyard right at the top of 'La Serre' in the Faugeres hills, where the gnarly, old bush vines are up to 120 years old. This is 90% Cinsault and 10% Syrah. The silky br...

As you'd hope from this part of the world - this is a delicious, deep and beautifully spiced Red - full of Aussie joy - but with all the hallmarks of style and balance we so love with Bert Salomo br...

Classic Michael this - although the 2014 is his first vintage making a pure Mourvèdre, this is brimming with his signature 'lightness of touch'. There is some good dusty grip in the middle and th br...

Pungent rich Grenache notes dominating the nose, ripe damson, raspberry, creme de mure, some pepper, bold and full and chocolatey. The palate is similarly full and rich with dark fruit extract, s br...

This is equal parts Grenache and Cinsault with a little splash of Syrah. Élevage for the Syrah is in amphorae while the rest spends 18 months in concrete. The Réserve d'O rouge is a more serious br...

Syrah 40%, 20% Grenache, 20% Carignan, 20% Cinsault. Nice balance. On limestone and facing north, so quite a cool site - forty year old vines. This wine has over the years gained in energy and be br...

60-90 year old vines 80% Carignan, 20% Garnacha 7-15 hectolitres per hectare Dense with graphite, black fruit, herbs, Earth, meat & liquorice. Dense with rich tannins, br...

Lovely quite creamy brambly nose, ripe rich dark fruit, lovely weight, rich tannins, good extract and balance, very complete.

Gilles makes his upper cuvée of Crozes with careful choice of fruit from his best areas and oldest vines, and the wine is given a judicious élevage in barrels, to make a substantial wine which ma br...

Some of this is aged in one to three-year-old barrels. Again this is a very black fruit expression, and only the subtlest notes of wood. Silky fine tannins are present, but not at all aggressive. br...

Sweet and lighter than Aeon. More transparent. Racy and lively. South African rather than a copy. Well done.