2021 Rhone Valley Wine

In a cooler vintage, this Chateauneuf classic still packs in plendy of rich, generous, red and black fruit to go with the savory garigue accents. Hard to resist now but improving for 10 years easily.

Thierry Sabon makes old-school wines, ones that emphasize the earthier, meatier, side of the Southern Rhone. Here his Grenache (65%), Syrah, Mouvedre and Cinsault red from the sandy soils of Lirac pumps out plenty of rich black... Read More

Organic/Bio A powerful blend of equal parts Syrah and Grenache from Lirac, just across the Rhone River to the south of Chateauneuf du Pape. There’s always plenty of rich fruit and gamey complexity here along with, in the... Read More

Rich raspberry and blueberry fruit with a touch of spice from judicious use of whole clusters and just a wee bit of French oak (15% of the cuvee aged in 2nd use barrels; the rest in concrete and steel). With air, a bit of tapenade... Read More

Organic/Bio Just a really good, all-purpose, house red here with an easy-access screwtop closure and easy on the wallet savings price. The quality here is unsurprising, because the Jaume family consistently puts their name on... Read More

Organic/Bio Over the years, wine Robert Parker has called the Cotes du Rhone Champauvins a baby Chateauneuf du Pape, a poor person's Chateauneuf, and a serious effort that could easily be mistaken for a Chateauneuf du Pape.... Read More

Superb Cornas from a blend of vines high on the hill and 40 year-old plantings on the lower down, fully destemmed and aged in 2-4 year-old barrique. Concentrated fruit balanced by even more intense minerality with perfume that... Read More

Viognier’s spiritual (and perhaps original) home is the Northern Rhone commune of Condrieu where this sometimes fleshy grape adds sleek minerality to its deep stone fruit and floral perfume. In the cool 2021 harvest, that... Read More