Southern France July 2026
Southern France July 2026
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Laguerre 2025 Eos Blanc Cotes du Roussillon
"Eos Blanc" is a rewarding discovery for anyone seeking an intriguing wine of terrioir at an affordable price. Eric Laguerre's vineyards are planted at high-altitude in Saint-Martin de Fenouillet, where the acidic soils are composed of gneiss and broken-down granite...
$17.99
Laguerre 2023 Le Ciste Blanc Cotes Roussillon
Eric Laguerre's "Le Ciste," (named after a flowering bush in and around his vineyards) is certainly one of the most distinctive whites of the Roussillon. Grown in Eric's high-elevation vineyards on acidic soils of decomposed granite, the wine is made...
$23.99
Laguerre 2025 Eos Rosé Cotes du Roussillon
The Laguerre Eos Rosé is light and fresh, made from Grenache Gris and Grenache Noir and it's really delicious! It shows a pretty, pale pink color with subtle aromas of rose and raspberry. The palate is bright, silky and round...
$15.99
Laguerre 2025 Eos Rouge Cotes du Roussillon
(80% Grenache, 20% Syrah grown in the Roussillon on very high-altitude vineyards of decomposed granite. Hand-harvested in small crates, yields of about 18 hl/ha) Bright aromas of tart cherry and blackberry, with dark chocolate and floral notes, very pure. This...
$17.99
Laguerre 2023 Le Ciste Rouge Cotes Roussillon
"Le Ciste" Rouge is 40% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 15% Carignan, 15% Mourvèdre, grown in Eric and Corinne Laguerre's organic, high-altitude vineyards on granite soils in the Roussillon. 2023 is another excellent vintage for the Le Ciste Rouge, showing aromas of...
$23.99
Matassa 2025 Cuvée Marguerite
Cuvée Marguerite is named after the grandmother of Tom's wife Nathalie, who was apparently the last matriarch of the family to speak Catalan as her first language. The grapes come from three parcels, and the wine is a blend of...
$42.99
Matassa 2025 Tommy Ferriol Rouge
Tommy Ferriol (formerly known as Brutal Rouge) is a blend of mostly Syrah, co-fermented with Muscat Petit Grains. The vineyard is on Marl, a calcium-carbonate rich soil consistinf of clay and silt. Fermentation is with whole clusters for about 4...
$42.99
Mas Coutelou 2025 '5SO'
5SO ("cinq so"... "cinsault") is one of our favorite wines from Jeff Coutelou. Made from 100% Cinsault (a grape well-suited to the Languedoc’s warm, dry climate) grown in red clay and limestone soils, it is light, quaffable, and downright refreshing!...
$29.99
Mas Coutelou 2024 Vin des Amis Rouge
Vin des Amis is one of Jeff Coutelou's benchmark reds. Typically a blend of Syrah and Grenache, it's roughly equal parts Cinsault, Syrah and Grenache in 2024, and is made in the same way as his other cuvées – native...
$29.99
Dard & Ribo 2024 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc
50-67% Roussanne (1986), 33-50% Marsanne (1986) from red clay, stony, some granite soils on Les Bâties (Les Murettes for the boys) at Larnage, same soils as Les Rocoules at Hermitage, fermented, raised 25% new, 75% 1-3 year 228-litre & 600-litre...
$69.99
Dard & Ribo 2025 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge C'est le Printemps
"Syrah (50% 1970s, 50% 1996) from La Grace on the plain at Mercurol, clay with sand and a lot of rolled stones, very precocious vineyard, with Meridional influences, so an extravagant Syrah, a little Syrah from Les Bâties at Larnage...
$49.99
Dard & Ribo 2024 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge Les Pins
100% Syrah (1994, 2000) from sand-granite, gore soils at Crozes-Hermitage, whole bunch fermentation, pumping overs, aged used 600-litre oak casks 11-15 months, unfined, unfiltered, often the first vineyard harvested, only occasionally made. 2024: "Quite a full red robe; there is...
$74.99
Dard & Ribo 2024 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge Les Baties
Syrah (1923, 1947-48, 1987) from 2.5 hectares on S-E facing red clay and rolled stone soils on Les Bâties at Larnage, 67-100% whole bunch fermentation, 2-3 week vinification, pumping overs, raised used 600-litre oak casks 10 months, unfined, unfiltered, has...
$76.99
Dard & Ribo 2024 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge Pé de Loup (Limit 2 per customer)
50% 1989 Syrah, 50% 1950s Syrah from small gravel granite soils above kaolin soils at 220-250 metres on Pé du Loup at Larnage (northern sector, windy), whole bunch fermentation, aged used 600-litre oak cask 12 months, unfined, unfiltered. 2024: "quite...
$76.99
Dard & Ribo 2024 Saint-Joseph Rouge
Syrah 50% from sandy granite on Pitrou at St-Jean-de-Muzols (1940s-1950s Syrah) and 50% from hard granite, quartz, red clay, alluvial stones on Les Champs at Tournon (1960s Syrah), sandy granite at Vion (1970), whole bunch fermentation, pumping overs, aged used...
$74.99
Dard & Ribo 2024 Hermitage Rouge
66-70% Syrah on 0.4 ha on Varogne (1910, 1950s (mostly replanted 2010s), 1996, 2000, 2019, receives sun late in morning, gets hot in afternoon, since 1984), 18-22% 1970 Syrah on 0.13 hectare on Les Murets (since 2016), 14-18% 2001 Syrah...
$119.99
Foulards Rouges 2025 La Soif du Mal Blanc
Les Foulards Rouges "Soif du Mal" Blanc is a blend of Muscat petits grains, Muscat Alexandrie, Viognier and Macabeu grown on the flatter part of Montesquieu-des-Albères on decomposed sandy granitic soils giving yields of 20 hl/ha. To preserve the freshness,...
$31.99
Foulards Rouges 2025 La Soif du Mal Rouge
La Soif du Mal Rouge is a blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre grown on granitic soils, done half in tank and half in barrels. The grapes undergo carbonic maceration, giving it a light and bright profile that does...
$35.99
