The 2017 Saint Chinian Je Me Souviens is 80% Mourvèdre (from schist and limestone soils) and 20% Syrah (from schist). Matured 24 months in new French oak, this inky-hued wine shows little overt wood—the fruit has...

Coming from higher elevation granite soils and just about all Syrah, the 2018 Côtes Du Roussillon Villages Lesquerde L'Esquerda offers stunning granite character with its cassis and black raspberry fruit intermixed with...

Another beautiful showing for this wine, the 2016 Côtes du Roussillon Villages L'Edre (60% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 15% Carignan and the rest Mourvèdre) offers lots of classy cassis, black cherries, graphite, and peppery...

(95-97 points) A blend of 60% Syrah, 25% Grenache, 15% Carignan, the 2017 Côtes du Roussillon Villages l'Edre is a truly sensational wine in the making. Crème de cassis, violets, pepper, wet stone, and graphite aromas and...

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...

The 2004 Cotes du Roussillon Clos del Rey is 80% Carignan (the rest again Grenache) and even more darkly-hued in flavor than its 2006 counterpart. Roasted meats toasted nuts and concentrated yet fresh blackberry are...

(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...

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...