This thirst-quenching, bright, and plummy red is enhanced with a little bit of chill and perfect for grillables.

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

The palate is dense and ripe, yet wonderfully smooth and elegant. Racines seems to tap into the history of Les Pallières, the prestige and the high-toned elegance.

It’s a gem, and you won’t be disappointed.

La Sagesse carries the full flavor, succulence, and savoriness we associate with Grenache on a graceful and lively frame.

Leydiers at Domaine de Durban are particularly proud of their Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, a vin doux naturel, as they are among the last to craft it in the traditional style.

If Télégramme is more about fruit than stones, it is still undeniably Châteauneuf, expressing the nobility of carefully farmed Grenache from the Rhône’s finest terroirs.

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

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

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