If you are looking for wines to squirrel away in the rack for March, this is a strong contender. Easy to love, with warming notes of dark fruit and a little spice.

Fabulous nose - rich and open fruit. Palate is dry and fresh, full of deep concentrated fruit and amazing spice, there is great feel and frame, which is luxuriously wrapped and softened by supple...(read more)

Harvested very early (from the 14th August) to preserve acidity, this has a greenish colour and is quite fat and round, with a juicy, green-fruit profile.

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....(read more)

Very Grenache expression; quite rich and full of fine tannins giving a volume and feeling of thickness on the palate. The fruit develops nicely and it never feels heavy. Gorgeous richness and length. A...(read more)

Nose full of sumptuous dark berry fruit and sweet spice. In the depths there are hints of cured meat and leather, with top notes notes of garrigue herbs and floral lift. Despite all the richness,...(read more)

One of the more polished, seamless and sexy vintages of this cuvée I can remember, the 2015 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvée de la Reine des Bois sports a deep ruby/purple color to go with fabulous note...(read more)

Easygoing, light bramble fruit with simple chewiness and a somewhat dilute body. A decent easy-drinking Rhône glugger.

Nose full of sumptuous dark berry fruit and sweet spice. In the depths there are hints of cured meat and leather, with top notes notes of garrigue herbs and floral lift. Despite all the richness,...(read more)