Red | Ardoneo - 17 / 22

The Château Yvonne red is a great Saumur - Champigny, with great delicacy, fine tannins and great elegance. It features notes of red fruits and has a good ageing potential of around ten years. Bravo.

La Calade du Mas de Libian is a powerful, wild organic wine, made predominantly from mourvèdre. A wine to enjoy with winter dishes, game and mushrooms.

The Saint-Joseph 2022 from Domaine Combier is a sure bet from the estate. This 100% Syrah organic wine comes from granite slopes, farmed organically for over 30 years. The Saint-Joseph comes from vines over 40 years old, benefiting from full southern exposure. The wine is full-bodied, greedy and spicy, with excellent ageing potential.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 91/100

La Soie rouge du Chemin des rêves is a magnificent Pic-Saint-Loup. It has an intense, complex nose, with aromas of jammy fruit, spices (nutmeg, cloves) and roasting. On the palate, it's opulent, silky and licorice-flavored. It goes well with tasty meats: leg of lamb cooked in rosé, duck with honey and spices, capon with chanterelles.

The Terres rouges cuvée is a new plot-based cuvée from the domaine Antoine Sanzay. This highly ambitious cuvée has a deep, intense black color. The nose is very open on opening, developing notes of black fruit. The palate is complex, with hints of fruit and spice, underpinned by supple, round, high-quality tannins. Nice length for this cuvée to leave in the cellar or enjoy now after a long decanting. Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2023 : 92/100

Alchimie rouge is a lovely Chateauneuf du Pape produced by the Domaine des 3 Celliers. This organic wine reveals itself to be elegant and refined, characterized by its ruby red color and notes of fresh fruit. Its luscious tannic structure makes it ideal for drinking young, but does not detract from its ageing potential. Its freshness and well-integrated 14.50% are appreciated.

This Sancerre rouge Mainbré du domaine de Pré Semelé develops aromas of red fruit, raspberry, strawberry, and elegant oak. The wine possesses good concentration and harmony on the palate, where the aromas of the nose are echoed. Nice overall balance.

Les Grenadières du Mas Bruguière is a Syrah-dominant vin de garde. Made from old vines, this organic Pic-Saint-Loup wine has an intense, complex nose that develops notes of very ripe black fruit, licorice and pepper. On the palate, well-crafted, dense and deep, this particularly cool terroir at the foot of the Pic Saint Loup reveals remarkable balance.Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2024 : 94/100

The cuvée les Pends du Domaine des Entrefaux has superb substance. This organic wine produced on the Crozes-Hermitage terroir deserves a few years of cellaring to develop its full complexity. It develops notes of black fruit and pepper: a lovely, racy bottle that awaits a woodcock over a wood fire or, more simply, a fine piece of meat with pepper.

Maghani is the grand cuvée of the domaine Canet Valette. Its color is a deep garnet. The powerful, aromatic palate features notes of spices, morello cherries, nutmeg and blackberries. The freshness of this organic wine is impressive, as are its silky tannins and length.A long decanting is recommended if you wish to enjoy it now. Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2022 : 93/100

Le Roucas, a red cuvée from the domaine Hauvette, features 60% Grenache. More accessible in youth than the estate's other red cuvées, Roucas develops on notes of thyme, mint and cherries. The finish is always fresh and elegant. Light decanting and serving at 15-16° is recommended. A great bottle from Baux de Provence.

Guide des meilleurs vin de France: 94/100

The grand vin du Clos Puy Arnaud is to marturité: powerful and deep, this Côtes de Castillon develops on notes of black fruits, sweet spices, with hints of toast. Superb to drink now!

La traversée is a magnificent Terrasses du Larzac . Powerful and structured, the wine requires a few years of cellaring in order to fully unfold. Complex and with good length, it is one of the benchmarks for this great Languedoc terroir.

Like in 1900 from the Château Cazebonne is an original wine made from old Bordeaux grape varieties. The wine develops original notes of potpourri, cinnamon and peach. A blend of old grape varieties: mancin, castets, bouchalès, saint-macaire and jurançon noir, this 2022 maintains a direct relationship with the fruit, but it's hard to imagine such a wine expression in Bordeaux. A balance between concentration and salient uprightness, a touch punchy.'

RVF: 92/100

In this lovely 2022 vintage, l'Ebrescade from domaine Richaud has plenty of charm. This rich, powerful organic wine is made from old vines from domaine Richaud. The wine features notes of prunes, smoke, sweet spices and has great length.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 93/100

The Saint-Joseph Mairlant du domaine François Villard is supple and gourmand, with a lovely backbone. Approachable when young, it can be drunk over 5 to 7 years Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2021 : 91/100

Watch out, very fine success in 2021. The other Mangot from Château Mangot is a totally mastered sulfur-free Saint-Emilion. This wine is the result of the estate's desire to master the power of the fruit, still without sulfur, and to sublimate it with terracotta aging.

This Chorey-lès-Beaune from the domaine Chapuis Frères is an elegant Burgundy. This natural red wine develops notes of ripe red fruit, such as cherry and strawberry, with hints of sweet spice and undergrowth. Harmonious on the palate, with supple tannins and freshness. The finish is long and fruity, with a subtle hint of spice.

The rouge 2021 du domaine de la Bégude has a complex, subtle nose of black fruits and spices. On the palate, the wine is structured, coated and greedy, offering a fine balance between fruit and elegant notes of ageing. With well-melted tannins and delicate peppery notes, its elegant acidity gives it a lovely freshness. Long finish on spices and garrigue notes. Drink over 10 years.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2024: 90/100

The Mercurey La Charmée du domaine Gouffier has a deep color and develops red and black fruit notes on the nose. The palate reveals itself to be ample and generous, endowed with fine, silky tannins.