South West

Nice solid Cabernet fruit, a gentle softness, and a great price.

The grapes come from an old plot in Cahors, but the producer declassifies the wine so as to have more freedom in its making. Remarkably adroit and stylish; smells of violets with a touch of earth...(read more)

55% Négrette (a local grape variety said to have brought back from Cyprus by returning Crusaders) + 45% Syrah; one year in wood. Plump, round with deep dark fruits, prunes, liquorice and a whiff...(read more)

Review from www.vinesse.com : If your only experience with Malbec involves wines from Argentina, fasten your seat belt.You’re in for a big surprise — and a big wine — with the 2015 Cedre Heritage...(read more)

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...(read more)

The 2015 IGP Pays d'Herault La Cinso (100% Cinsault from 50-year-old vines) shines for its complexity and elegance, and shows terrific Cinsault character, which can be hard to find on its own. Me...(read more)

Syrah, Carignan Grenache (it's not 50/50 of two cépages, but 50/50 Anne and Jean-Paul). Good suave fruit, rich with some interesting spice and a purple-juicy, peppery finish.

This is an organic wine from the French heartlands that’s big in flavour, big in taste and big in quality. From the Verhaeghe family-owned Château du Cèdre, where the malbec grapes are grown on d...(read more)

This is an absolutely joyous Bilbo. 60% Grenache, 35% Cinsault and 5% Syrah. There’s no oak, just six months in concrete tank to help soften and round-out the bright, crunchy red and black fruit....(read more)

Mostly Syrah, and that defines the profile, nice depth of sappy, juicy fruit. Good seamless fine taninned silkiness and black cherry length. Lovely now, will hold for a few years.