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.

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

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.

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.

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

At once robust, succulent, and elegant, this red offers immediate pleasure and age-worthy promise.

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

April Club Rouge ~ Durban does here what they do best, keeping the focus and precision of the terroir as well as loads of fruit and pleasure.

Elevation and abundant limestone combine to give taut, high-toned wines with delicate floral aromas and stimulating mineral freshness.

Clos La Roquète’s blanc is luscious, yet finishes nice and dry with striking acidity.