The 2022 vintage drinks like something even more ethereal than you’d expect from a southern red.

If there were a Hall of Fame for French bistro reds, Poignée would be a first-ballot inductee—vibrant and classy, it’s the southern France counterpart to our favorite Morgons.

The flavors are mostly deep and dark—stones, licorice, black olive, and blackberry—but the frame is lithe.

This Gigondas—densely concentrated and deeply opaque—is more refined than meets the eye.

This is about as quaffable as the region’s rouges get.

This lovely Muscat is full of fresh honeysuckle and ripe citrus fruit.

Clos La Roquète’s blanc is luscious, yet finishes nice and dry with striking acidity.

An abundance of violets and velvet, amid a cooling sensation of a cold spring on a hot day.

A pure Syrah bottling offering wild flavors of the Provençal countryside gently wrapped in a thick coat of tooth-staining deep purple fruit.

Another delectable wine from the Brunier family, with a complex mouth-feel that finishes with refreshing acidity.