Rhône

Syrah on the granite, 2000 to today. The latest vintages, in the buyer’s words:

• 2024A cooler, wetter year than the run before it, with a late harvest and some sorting required. The wines are fresher and more classically proportioned — peppery, aromatic Syrah of moderate weight — in the style of 2013 or 2008. A vintage for those who found…
• 2023A hot summer with August heat and some September rain gave ripe, generous, well-balanced wines across the hill: deep colour, polished tannin, good freshness from the best sites in Cornas and Côte-Rôtie. Very good and consistent; the top wines will go…
• 2022One of the hottest, driest seasons on record, yet the Syrah came through with surprising balance thanks to old vines and well-timed August storms. The wines are ripe, dense and approachable, with less of the floral lift of a cool year. Drink from release…

Grenache country, 2000 to today. The latest vintages, in the buyer’s words:

• 2024A cooler, more irregular season after years of heat, with a later harvest and more rain. The wines are fresher and lighter than the run of hot years — lifted, red-fruited Grenache with moderate alcohol. A pleasant change of pace; drink over the medium term.
• 2023A hot, dry summer with a heatwave in August, then a cooler harvest. The wines are ripe and generous, with the best estates in Châteauneuf showing good freshness and structure; lesser wines are soft. Good to very good; drink over ten years.
• 2022A record hot, dry year that Grenache handled well on the deeper soils: concentrated, ripe, surprisingly fresh wines with polished tannins, and a healthy crop after the frost-hit 2021. Very good, especially in Châteauneuf and Gigondas; the best will age…

The estates we import ourselves from the region, each with a page of its own.

• Cave de Tavel
• Château de Montfaucon
• Domaine Chante Cigale
• Domaine Clos de la Bonnette
• Domaine d'Abrigeon
• Domaine de l'Amandine
• Domaine de la Ganse
• Domaine des Remizières
• Domaine de Verquière
• Domaine Barge
• Domaine Belle
• Domaine Cécile Chassagne
• Domaine Durieu
• Domaine de Fondrèche
• Domaine de Fontbonau
• Malmont
• Domaine Benedetti
• Domaine Roche
• Domaine des Sénéchaux
• Font de Courtedune
• Guy Farge
• Mas de Sainte Croix
• Mas de Libian
• Moulin de la Gardette
• Xavier Vignon

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