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

Clairette, an unsung hero of the south, is the main grape here, undoubtedly one of many key elements to this singular wine.

Black olive, fig, and rosemary abound in this easy-to-love, soulful southern Rhône red.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.