The 2010 Bandol Rouge is a true blockbuster, and readers should do their best to latch onto a couple bottles. More serious, tight and structured than the 2011, it offers lots of minerality as well as dark fruits, peppery herbs and underbrush in a medium to full-bodied, pure, layered style that just begs to be cellared for another 4-5 years. It’s a great wine that will have two to three decades of overall longevity. - Jeb Dunnuck

Eric de Saint-Victor runs the estate his parents founded in 1975, working on 123 acres on the southern slopes of the Massif de la Sainte-Baume. His 2010 is a brooding wine, taking days to reveal its pleasures, the garrigue scents and cool, limestone minerality adding dimension to mourvèdre’s black tones. Give it a decade in the cellar, then pour with oxtail or another rich, beefy braise.