Southern Rhône

Petit Roy is always made from the off cuts from Jean-Marie Royer's Chateauneuf vineyards and those outside of the appellation. It is a boistrous, berry-fruit filled red, fragrant herbs and spices overlaid with blackberry...(read more)

The most immediate of the reds from Escaravailles, beautifully upholstered with plush plum, blackberry and ripe damson fruit. In the mouth the wines is so shapely, gorgeous concentration of woodland fruits, herbs, ground...(read more)

85% Grenache, 15% Carignan. Hand-harvested grapes are sorted in the vineyard. Destemmed grapes are fermented, each variety separately, for 30 days at 25–27 °C. Aged for 12 months in concrete tanks.
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Here we see the volume turned up with a darker spin to the fruit, blackberry and black plum intensity, lovely aromatics again, woody herbs, ground spice, layered and bold. Immediately your mouth is filled with dark succu...(read more)

This is Jean-Paul’s oldest vineyard, with vines that are beyond 100 years old. It is also the parent material for the parcels within his Chateauneuf vineyards. Indeed, this wine is not a Chateauneuf-du-Pape but it has a...(read more)

A blend of Syrah with Grenache and Mourvèdre from forty year old vines, aged in a combination of oak barrels and foudres and some stainless steel, this is the Delorme's super-cuvée of Lirac. Deep purple to...(read more)

Currently more floral and expressive on the nose than the 2017, although less concentrated, the 2018 Gigondas Aux Lieux-Dits boasts hints of peppery spice, garrigue, a hint of roses and blueberry and raspberry fruit. It'...(read more)

The two 2018 barrels samples are both brilliant as well. The 2018 Gigondas Tradition offers exotic notes of red plums, ripe strawberries, peppery garrigue, and tons of floral notes as well as a medium-bodied, balanced, s...(read more)

An epic beauty that just shines with intense old vine purity. Deeply fruited, blackberry, black raspberry and garrigue notes on the nose, scented and exciting. On the palate again those old vines show their power, concen...(read more)