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The cuvée Tradition rouge du domaine Richeaume reveals intense aromas of ripe black fruits, such as blackberry and blackcurrant, accompanied by subtle spicy notes and garrigue. On the palate, it is both powerful and elegant, with well-integrated tannins and long-lasting aromas. Cuvée Tradition is ideal with grilled meats, dishes in sauce or mature cheeses.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 92/100

No Wine's Land rouge du Domaine du Coulet is a bluffing Côte du Rhône, intense and long on the palate; a magnificent Syrah that outshines many Saint-Josephs or Crozes-Hermitage!

Franc Touch is an atypical 100% Cabernet Franc Bordeaux. This fine success is complex, gourmand and rich. To date, we recommend decanting; for the patient, forget about it for 7 to 10 years in the cellar.

La cuvée Migmatique est issu de gamay sur un terroir argilo gratinitique. Il en résulte un vin d'un soyeux rarement égalé. La bouche est pleine, se développant sur un coktail de fruits mûrs très authentiques avec une pointe de tabac blond.

Prioundo des Clos Perdus is a superb, well-balanced Corbières: it's a rich, gourmand organic wine, developing on notes of red fruit (raspberry, cherry), with a mineral finish (earth, wet stone) and bitter orange peel. Very good length.

L'olivette du Clos Marie is a very pretty Pic Saint Loup. The wine is elegant; it develops on notes of reglisses, black fruits. The wine deserves a few months' cellaring to soften and refine its tannins. A benchmark AOC Pic Saint Loup.

RVF : 93/100

Clos du Pavillon 2023 is a very great Fleurie from Domaine des Marrans. A deep, intense and complex organic wine. To be enjoyed over 5-7 years.

Pauline Passot of Domaine de la Grosse Pierre signs a magnificent Fleurie in this 2023 vintage: an intense, pulpy Gamay with a structure that will allow it to be enjoyed over 5 years.

Montfalette du Mas d'Alezon is a great success. The nose is clean, complex and elegant with notes of black fruit and cooked Morello cherry, zan and pepper. On the palate, the attack is fleshy and smooth. It develops aromas of cherry brandy, candied orange, pepper and licorice. Wonderful balance and excellent length. Magnificent bottle.Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2022: 95/100

Montfalette du Mas d'Alezon is a great success. The nose is clean, complex and elegant with notes of black fruit and cooked Morello cherry, zan and pepper. On the palate, the attack is fleshy and smooth. It develops aromas of cherry brandy, candied orange, pepper and licorice. The balance is magnificent and the length excellent. Magnificent bottle.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2022: 95/100

In a superb 2023 vintage, château Yvonne has produced a superb cuvée La Folie. The wine is rich, with very intense fruit. As always with this cuvée, we recommend decanting 2 hours before tasting, or storing for 3 to 5 years in a temperature-stable, high-hygrometry cellar.

Les Fours à Chaux du Château Du Hureau is a magnificent parcel of land. Year after year, the Vatan family offers fabulous Cabernets, combining fruit intensity and complexity. This great Loire and gastronomic wine is a fine example of this!

A magnificent natural Chinon—elegant, precise, and easy to drink. A major success for the estate! The Cabernet Franc we love!

The Perdriziere du domaine Sérol is the estate's grand cuvée. Both powerful and refined, it's the estate's benchmark cuvée. A real favorite!Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2021 : 93/100

Certitude from domaine François Villlard is a very pretty Crozes-Hermitage from the plot in the commune of Mercurol in northern Drôme. This wine develops on the nose with notes of intense red fruits; on the palate, the wine is supple, greedy, on red fruits associated with a spicy touch.

Big crush on this Carignan rouge du domaine Richeaume. This magnificent organic gourmet wine develops on notes of prunes and Morello cherries. On the palate, it is suave and fruity, with mellow tannins and remarkable freshness.

The Closiers cuvée from Domaine des Closiers is fresh and elegant in this successful 2021 vintage: a gourmet and supple Loire wine, easy to marry, to drink over 5 to 7 years.

The Morgon Côte de Py from Domaine Michel Guignier is made from south-facing old vines over 70 years old. This complex grand Morgon develops on notes of red fruits, spices and has a bewitching finish of great elegance.

K Libre du Clos de la Barthassade is a great 100% Carignan wine aged 24 months in barrique and concrete egg! Aunez, the wine develops kirsch, blackcurrant and leather notes. The palate is round, velvety and red-fruited. The finish is particularly fresh, thanks to the carignan's specific acidity. A great vintage for discovering this grape variety

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Le Chant des Dolia Rouge 2023 is one of the great vintages of Domaine La Croix Gratiot — "It holds its own against the best reds of the Languedoc; a cuvée you absolutely must discover."

Intense color with violet hues. Nose of ripe red and black fruits, black pepper, graphite, aromatic complexity. Elegant and rich on the palate, fresh attack, lovely minerality, silky tannins, long finish. Serve at 16–17°C.

Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Grenache, vinified separately with daily punching down for gentle extraction. Clay-limestone soil bathed by the marine trade winds of the Thau Lagoon, from the Mas de l'Olivier vineyard. Organic and biodynamic. Aged in demi-muids for the Syrah and Grenache, and in stoneware dolia for the Mourvèdre.

Aging potential: 5 to 8 years.

Laurent Habrad's Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2022 is an elegant, expressive organic Syrah from the northern Rhône Valley. This wine reveals aromas of black fruits, violets and spices, carried by a fresh, structured and balanced palate. A gourmet, precise cuvée, ideal for discovering the refined style of grands Crozes-Hermitage bio

A Irouleguy 2024 from domaine Arretxea endowed with a beautiful freshness this year: it declines on notes of red fruits, spices, pepper. This red cuvée from domaine Arretxea can be enjoyed over 5 years, decanting if you wish to taste it now.

Fondis du Clos des Quarterons is an exceptional Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil. Intense, powerful and racy, it combines finesse and complexity, power and greed in this lovely 2021 vintage. A high-flying cuvée.

Le Chant des Dolia rouge from Domaine La Croix Gratiot is an organic Languedoc that develops on notes of garrigue and red fruits. Superb fresh, slender finish.