This lovely Muscat is full of fresh honeysuckle and ripe citrus fruit.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.