The Férigoules have honed a unique style of Vacqueyras that mixes deep, dark color with a lightness of touch, rusticity with warmth, and minerality with delicious fresh fruit.

Deep, dynamic Grenache feels aptly highlighted by bright and fresh Clairette. Soft and rich, yet still defined.

We aimed for maximum drinkability: plenty of hedonistic purple-tinged fruit, along with a hint of wild herbs and lovely lavender and violet notes.

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

Stony and smoky, and full of garrigue and black cherry, it is an epic wine that opens up wonderfully now.

It beckons you to follow Maxime-François’s advice: “Drink it when you are very, very thirsty!”

A relatively rare beast, Serge’s blanc is a ripe, honey-infused cornucopia of fruit.

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

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.

The majesty of the La Crau vineyard is encapsulated in this wine. I can't think of a grander expression of Southern Rhone terroir.