Southern Rhône

Domaine Roche's 2018 Cotes du Rhone is a blend of 50% Grenache and 25% each Carignan and Syrah, all aged in tank. There's a slightly green edge to the lovely cherry-raspberry fruit—think somethin...(more info)

85% Grenache and 15% Carignan, all hand-harvested, from 100 year old vines. On red clay at the bottom, with limestone in the upper part. The varieties are planted mixed together in the vineyard a...(more info)

Lirac lies in the southern Rhône just across the river from Châteauneuf du Pape. Its wines are made with a similar mix of grapes but taste more of black fruit than of Châteauneu...(more info)

Limpid ruby. Pungent red and dark berry and floral scents, along with suggestions of licorice, cola, olive and smoky minerals. Youthfully taut bitter cherry and black raspberry flavors show very...(more info)

All three of the 2017s showed well. The 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape has classic sweet red fruits, spice, and floral notes, and it’s medium to full-bodied, silky and elegant. The blend is 90% G...(more info)

A rich and attractively ripe nose with very juicy, attractive berry flavors. This has a super rich feel and delivers such impressive depth and length of fine, supple and gently grainy tannin on t...(more info)

Full ruby. Powerful, smoke-accented boysenberry and black raspberry on the perfumed nose. Broad and fleshy on the palate, offering bitter cherry, dark berry and licorice flavors that gain spicine...(more info)

Bright ruby-red. Sexy, mineral-tinged raspberry and floral pastille aromas show outstanding clarity and pick up a pungent suggestion of garrigue with air. Spicy, penetrating and energetic on the...(more info)

The 2017 Cairanne is a blend of 65% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 10% Carignan. While a portion of the Syrah was aged in demi-muids, the rest of the wine matured in tank. It's a ripe, plush, concentrat...(more info)