Red Wine

An absolute classic. Parker 94-96/100. Vinous 93-95. Suckling 98. Richard Hemming, jancisrobinson.com 17+. John Livingstone-Learmonth 4.5*

Vanilla, coal, roast lamb. Silky, generous, smells like Cote d’Azur on a hot night. Superb.

Parker "The superstar of Rasteau… drop-dead delicious red wines." Tiny yields, 100% hand picked. This is a beautiful, perfect expression of plump juicy warming Grenache.

Spice and mulled red fruit are present on a bright and elegant nose. The wine shows purity of fruit and a lovely depth of aroma. The palate is soft and appealing, yet with enough structure to provide a firm yet silky finish.

Chateau Fargueirol is on great form and offers traditional Chateauneuf du Pape at a superb price. Ripe and garriguey nose with impressive concnetration but a nice easy going texture and ripe tannins that means it can be enjoyed young or after 3-10 years of cellaring.

Parker 94 "Two wines that blew me away were the old vine Gigondas cuvees! The 2011 Gigondas Domaine du Clos des Tourelles shows shocking depth and concentration in the vintage, with full-bodied power, beautiful ripeness and sweet tannin. Showing plenty of cedar, spice and meaty dark fruits, it is one serious Gigondas to drink over the coming decade or more."

A rare opportunity to purchase this baby wine from Ch. de Beaucastel ready aged. In 2010, all the right conditions were united to produce an exceptional vintage.

4.5 stars drinkrhone.com "dark red, some black tints. Has a tight aroma, black cherry at its heart, a swish depth and breadth – good potential, bring it on, I like the fruit air. There is enough fullness for mystery now and variety in the future. This holds racy, streamlined fruit, moves liberally along in to a delicious finish that avoids the tar end of 2012: the great quality fruit travels far. A swish, swell Cairanne that can enjoy a good second stage thanks to its sure depth. Fruit on roller skates here. 14.5°. 2023-25" Nov 2013

"Grenache Noir 80%, Syrah 10%, Mourvèdre 10%, aged in foudre and cuve. Very deep vibrant crimson. Exciting and sophisticated. There is quite a bit of wood influence here, but masses of ripe fruit too! Really exciting. The tannins are there for the long term and I can’t see how anyone would be disappointed about buying this." 18 points, Jancis Robinson

4 stars drinkrhone.com "(cask/vat) dark red, deep robe. Sweet-aired, inviting air that features iris, a fine note of licorice, blackberry jelly – the nose has lift. The palate combines a salted tang, violet and black berry in its flavour. It shows sweet charm towards the finish, a floral persistence. There are light grain tannin and nobbly moments after the smooth ride before, minor bumps in the road. Holds very pretty aromatic fruit with rose and iris nudges in it. Supple and inviting, a touch of power implicit at the end. Bonny wine. 14.5°. From mid-2014. 2025-27" Dec 2012

A mature CdR from the Sabon domaine. Enjoy!

One of our best-selling Rhone wines. Big and grunty, naughtily purple, with that classy Lirac sweet-fruited lift. Hard to beat with grilled lamb and rosemary. A must-try.

Authentic baby wine from Chateauneuf's 1st Parker-100 grower. Unfiltered/unfined, supple, herbal, warming, a cracking value quaffer.

One of our best-selling Rhone wines. Big and grunty especially the hot 2019 vintage, but with that classy Lirac sweet-fruited lift. Hard to beat with grilled lamb and rosemary. A must-try. 

Born and raised in La Rioja, Spain, Raúl Acha emits the same daring spirit as his wine producing ancestry. Like his family, he thrives on finding off-the-beaten-track projects in creating new wines that uniquely express each region. Proyecto Garnachas de Espana is Raul’s personal quest in protecting and restoring the glory of the now relegated secondary grape, Garnacha or Grenache. Armed with his expertise, he ventures off to discover unique plots of Grenache within the country to create these single varietal wines. Very old bush vines planted in 1940 and grown at high altitude on the banks of the Ribota river, this is a wild and wonderful Grenache, intense, oaky, profound and yet moreish. Brilliant value for money

Gilles Ferran's charming, opulent and irresistible wines are among our favourite Rhone wines year in year out. The 2016 vintage was superlative even in Rhone terms, which rarely has a poor year. Ripe and fruity, with ripe tannins and enough freshnesss to complete the wine. Beguiling

"Red fruits and a pleasing herbal garrigue character. A clear step up. Plenty of character with wonderful lingering fruit." AA, Jan 2021

Offering pretty notes of black and blue fruits, violets, pepper and hints of leather, it's medium-bodied, fresh, focused and tannins that emerge on the finish. Organic.

A variety becoming more and more popular in the Cape thanks to it's drought resistant nature. This is a light, strawberry scented style. Hugely quaffable.

Old vine Garnacha and Carinena planted as long ago as 1930. Concentrated, dense and pure black fruit in the palate. This Montsant has character. It is lively and fresh. Lots of quality aromas such as pencil lead, graphite and charcoal. The concentration does not compete with the gentle and expressive fruit.

Reminiscent of a Provençal street market (which I always get from classic Gigondas), it has ultra-fine tannin, excellent concentration and a rocking finish. Drink this beauty through 2029

For several generations, the Clavels have run this estate, founded in 1934 on the right bank of the Rhône, whose vast area (80 ha) allows them to offer a wide range of wines. Today, it is Claire who has been at the helm of this organic estate since 2008. Very consistent in quality and best known for its Côtes-du-Rhône and its Saint-Gervais villages. Juicy, fruity and versatile Southern Rhone red from Claire Clavel whose vineyards lie in Saint Gervais, one of the 'Villages' of the Cotes du Rhone.

Laure Dubois runs this excellent estate with her husband Romain and started conversion to organic farming in 2019. The wines they produce are consistently good and elegant, mainly from the Lirac appellation, north West of Chateauneuf-du-Pape but also this Cotes du Rhone from just outside. The 2019 is the second year in a row that the wine has won a coveted Coup de Coeur top award in the Guide Hachette, the 'bible' of French wine. Charming, 'irresistible' and ready to drink it also offers outstanding value for money.

The wine is deep red with youthful violet hues, with a nose that offers an intriguing mix of cherries, raspberry sweets and pink pepper. The palate offers wild cherry, blackberry and a hint of balsamic balanced by spicy oak. This wine has a high level of natural acidity, well-balanced by the fine, rounded tannins.

A blend of 65% Grenache 15% Syrah 15% Mourvedre and a small proportion of white varieties and Cinsault. 30% whole bunches from the old vines Grenache were included in the 2013 blend. All from the fine La Crau vineyard in the Bedarrides commune from vines averaging 60 years old. The grapes are part de-stemmed and after fermentation the wine is aged for ten months in concrete vats followed by ten months in wooden foudres. This gradually opens up on the nose and the palate is svelte but serious. Wonderful brightness and clarity. Harmonious, self-assured and complex without ever being heavy or cumbersome. The palate offers bright sweet, small sweet berry flavours flecked with minerals, gentler and easier than usual but with a certain gravitas nonetheless and a nice, moreish touch of austerity.

This wine is the result of a romantic selection of 100% garnatxa. Magic old vineyards of 70-90 years old that have a real unique taste. Tasting this wine is akin to being in an Auditorium listening to acoustic music. Harvesting the grape when it is fully ripe and have achieved the complete tannin ripeness. Selection by hand in the vineyard during unloading to the destemming machine in the cellar. Then 15 days of maceration with the skin with several pigeage every day. Pressing using a small vertical wooden pressing machine. Spiritually balanced, it offers copious floral cassis and blueberry fruit on the nose with fine delineation and purity, a bouquet that goes out to seduce. The palate is full-bodied, with a touch of burnt toast on the edgy entry, followed by a wave of earthy, black fruit that lacquers the mouth with superb minerality. Magic silky tannins. Nectar of fruitiness. The finish is off dry with firm grip and a saline touch on the aftertaste.

Born and raised in La Rioja, Spain, Raúl Acha emits the same daring spirit as his wine producing ancestry. Like his family, he thrives on finding off-the-beaten-track projects in creating new wines that uniquely express each region. Proyecto Garnachas de Espana is Raul’s personal quest in protecting and restoring the glory of the now relegated secondary grape, Garnacha or Grenache. Armed with his expertise, he ventures off to discover unique plots of Grenache within the country to create these single varietal wines. Very old bush vines planted in 1940 and grown at high altitude on the banks of the Ribota river, this is a wild and wonderful Grenache, intense, oaky, profound and yet moreish. Brilliant value for money

Some of our favorite Southern Rhônes come from the Rasteau estate of Gilles Ferran, and they always deliver classic Provencal character and concentrated, pleasure-driven personalities. Gilles makes several Côtes du Rhônes (Les Antimagnes, Les Sablieres), a single Roaix (the Syrah-dominated Hautes Granges), two Cairannes (La Boutine and the Le Ventabren), and two Rasteau (La Ponce and the Heritage 1924). We stock most of them at certain times of the year. "70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Carignan. A wine that is always a bit closed when so young. Serious and earthy, but with well rounded tannins and some plump dark fruit. Wait for at least 3-4 years, will drink well in the next 8-10 years." AA, Jan 2021

A rare opportunity to enjoy this old favourite of ours ready aged in optimal condition, perfect for your dinner table tonight.

The 2018 Red Coudoulet has a beautiful ruby-red colour with shiny reflections and shows a powerful nose with notes of red fruit, spices and “garrigue”. With great finesse, the mouth is full bodied and silky with velvety tannins and fruity, chocolate and thyme aromas. A nice length on the finish.

Domaine des Escaravailles was established in 1953. With over 60 ha of vines, most of them planted on hillsides in Rasteau, this is a serious estate that remains somewhat under the radar. It is run by Gilles Ferran, who graduated first in his class at the University of Montpellier’s School of Oenology (the number two graduate that year was his best friend, Philippe Cambie, who now consults at Escaravailles). The name of the domaine comes from the nickname given by the people of Rasteau to a priest in 17th century who wore a long black coat and owned the farm at the time. Escaravaille means beetle in Oc. Pure and elegant. Nothing rustic here. Fresh and perfumed, with lifted acidity working seamlessly against the robust structure. (Starred First)

Nice nose with notes of red fruit and Morello cherries. Very fresh, with soft tannins, it offers a nice balance and great complexity in the mouth and a long finish.