Red Wine from Languedoc Roussillon

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Eighteen months in new French oak barrels has given the 2015 Côtes du Roussillon Villages le Clos des Fées a certain tightness and discipline lacking in the Vieilles Vignes bottling. There's still massive fruit and buried...

jebdunnuck.com, 96 points: (JD 94-96 points) The more Grenache-heavy 2016 Terrasses du Larzac Las Flor de Peira offers a more red-fruited, floral character as well as complex notes of garrigue, Asian spices, and dried earth. It too is full-bodied...

jebdunnuck.com, 94 points: The first vintage of the new flagship 2015 Maury Sec First Things First is a parcel selection and a blend of 60% Grenache, 22% Carignan and 18% Syrah that spent just under two years in foudre. Another brilliant wine from...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (WA91-92+ points) Tasted assembled from tank after recent racking, the 2009 Cotes du Roussillon Villages Latour de France v.i.t (the initials standing for "visitare interiore terrae") smells of fennel, rosemary, juniper...

jebdunnuck.com, 99 points: Tasted out of bottle, the 2015 La Clape Ancely is borderline perfection. Made from mostly Mourvèdre brought up in new barrels, its inky color is followed by a massive, opulent, yet still elegant red that has exotic notes...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (WA91-92+ points) The Bila-Haut 2012 Cotes du Roussillon-Villages Lesquerde r.i. (for “rectificando invenies”) showcases Chapoutier’s oldest Syrah vines (with a smidgeon of Grenache) from high-altitude granitic soils and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Similarly styled to the Suis l'Etoile bottling, yet a completely different blend, the 2011 La Larme de L'Âme is 70% Syrah, 20% Carignan and 10% Grenache that saw 24 months in older demi-muid. It’s a massive wine that has...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: A new cuvee made from a blend of all three cuvees and possessing another level of elegance and purity, the 300-case 2015 Côtes Catalanes Ipso Facto checks in as 100% Syrah that spent 15 months in new French oak. Notes of...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Perfumed, spicy and complex, with lots of red and black fruits, toasted spices, Provencal garrigue and leather, the 2012 Terrasses du Larzac la Peira is medium to full-bodied, upfront, charming and already drinking...