Dominique Hauvette will celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday later this month. After decades of expanding the boundaries of what’s possible in Provence, this luminary of the south certainly doesn’t need to keep tinkering, but that’s what makes her the singular vigneronne she is! In the last few years, Dominique has started to dedicate herself more and more to Cinsault, going as far as vinifying the grape on its own. She’s worked wonders here with this “rouge”—although given its hue and zesty, mouthwatering nature, you might wonder if it’s more of a rosé. Whichever way you decide to classify it, it’s a delicious, do-not-miss bottling from one of France’s wine-growing geniuses. Only a few cases left!

If Hauvette’s Cinsault leaves a doubt that you have a red wine in your glass, Alain Pascal’s Bandol rouge wholeheartedly does not! This is a full-blooded Bandol, teeming with soul and flavor. Dark fruit, earth, and a hint of black olive come together in a beautiful wine that I can’t wait to open during my first cookout of spring.

One hundred years ago, in 1925, vigneron Roch Sassi’s great-grandfather planted a vineyard with a smattering of local grapes on his farm near the Italian border. A few years ago, Roch realized he had some vines he couldn’t identify, so he had them tested only to discover that his great-grandfather had planted Grassenc. Curious about this little-known variety, Roch took cuttings from those vines and replanted a few rows to see whether they would make a worthy red. Les Planches de Lunel is the result of that beautiful experiment. Light, floral, and peppery—you won’t taste anything else like it this year.