Les Racines has a deep core of dark berry fruits, notes of licorice, or réglisse, and a concentrated texture that conveys power with silkiness.

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

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 is important to remember the heights that old-vine Grenache can reach when planted on arid, stony plateaus in the shadows of Mount Ventoux.

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

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.

Grenache is joined by Syrah and a drop of Mourvèdre to create this delightful everyday red scented of herbes de Provence and ripe black cherry.

Deep, concentrated, and refreshingly saline, this is like great Cornas with Mediterranean influences.

Violets and dark berries dominate the palate, with a pleasant wild side lurking below the surface.

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