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

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.

Dark-fruited, with fresh acidity and stony tannins, it’s about as versatile as reds come from the south of France.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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