{"title":"Grenache \u0026 Garnacha","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrenache, known in Spain as Garnacha, is a warm-climate grape loved for juicy red fruit, gentle tannins and a note of white pepper and dried herbs. It is the backbone of southern Rhône blends, from Côtes du Rhône to Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas, and plays a leading role in Spain, Sardinia (as Cannonau) and Australia. It also makes many of the finest dry rosés of Provence. Serve with grilled meats, Mediterranean dishes and spiced stews.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2020-cotes-du-roussillon-villages-les-milleres-domaine-gardies","title":"Côtes du Roussillon Villages, Les Millères, Domaine Gardiés 2020","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRipe, dark-berried fruit with hints of spice, graphite underneath and a lovely freshness running through the finish. Medium-bodied and firm rather than heavy, with fine-grained tannins. Syrah 30%, Grenache Noir 30%, Mourvèdre 25%, Carignan 15%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine Gardies has been a family vineyard at the foot of the Pyrenees, in the village of Tautavel, for eight generations. Jean took over from his father in the late 1990s and now works alongside his son Victor across a 35-hectare estate spread over two terraces of clay-limestone and black slate at Vingrau and Tautavel, with a further 15 hectares at Mas Las Cabes on the Espira de l'Agly terroir, bought in 1990. All the vines are certified organic and hand-harvested; the low-yielding old Grenache and Carignan sit against the cliffs, and the Tramontane that sweeps through one day in three keeps the fruit healthy with little need for treatment. Each variety was vinified separately, macerated for two weeks in concrete to hold its varietal character and freshness, fermented with natural yeasts, then matured for twelve months, half in 600-litre French oak and half in concrete vats. 2020 brought record low volumes to Roussillon: a rainy winter, spring heat spikes that pulled bud burst forward by thirteen days, then drought and intense summer heat, yet the wines kept their elegance and freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16–18°C. It suits lamb shoulder, grilled sausages, roast duck and a mature hard cheese, and will drink well over the next five to ten years. Half an hour in a decanter opens it up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Gardies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476289229183,"sku":"HNW-5737320A","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5737320A.jpg?v=1789920874"},{"product_id":"2019-fitou-noblesse-du-temps-domaine-de-la-rochelierre","title":"Fitou, Noblesse du Temps, Domaine de la Rochelierre 2019","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeather, roasted tones and prune over ripe black fruit, with a touch of cocoa on the finish. Opulent and velvety, full-bodied, the refined tannins framing the fruit and carrying it to a long, elegant close. Mourvèdre 50%, Carignan 30%, Grenache 20%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fabre family have been winegrowers for four generations and run the 15-hectare Domaine de la Rochelierre in the village of Fitou. Since 1979 the estate has followed the Méthode Cousinié, working without chemicals and using only organic and mineral products, which demands heavy ploughing every year and drives the roots deep; Jean-Marie Fabre was joined by Emilie, from a Rhône winegrowing family, in 2008, a new cellar was built in 2015, and the domaine was certified HVE in 2017. The vines sit in the heart of the appellation overlooking the Mediterranean on very poor shale and clay-limestone soils, with sea breezes tempering the heat and ventilating the canopy. Each variety was fermented separately with selected yeasts in stainless steel at around 20°C and macerated for six weeks to draw out colour, flavour and fine tannin, then blended and matured in new French oak barrels for eleven months. 2019 was a balanced year, warm without extremes and with average rainfall that spared the vines any water stress, giving healthy, concentrated fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16–18°C. It stands up to braised beef, lamb with rosemary, barbecued ribs and a mature hard cheese, and will drink well over the next five to ten years. Give it an hour in a decanter. It is sealed with a DIAM cork. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine de la Rochelierre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476291719551,"sku":"HNW-5707419A","price":33.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5707419A.jpg?v=1789920962"},{"product_id":"2020-rioja-reserva-vina-ardanza-la-rioja-alta-sa","title":"Rioja Reserva, Viña Ardanza, La Rioja Alta S.A. 2020","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRipe red fruit carries clove, pepper and nutmeg, with a balsamic edge on a long, smooth finish. Medium-bodied and silky rather than heavy, with fresh acidity and fine, well-settled tannins from years in American oak. Tempranillo and Garnacha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Rioja Alta, S.A. was founded in 1890 in the old railway quarter of Haro by five families, among them the Aranas, the Ardanzas and the Alberdis, whose names now appear on the house's Reserva wines; in 2022 Drinks International named it the World's Fourth Most Admired Wine Brand. The Tempranillo comes from the La Cuesta vineyard in Fuenmayor and the Montecillo vineyard in Cenicero, both at around 600 metres on clay-limestone soils with vines over 30 years old, while the Garnacha grows at La Pedriza in Tudelilla, a 70-hectare site of deep rocky soils at 550 metres in Rioja Oriental. After sorting on optical selection tables the grapes were fermented in stainless steel at 27°C with indigenous yeasts, then aged separately: 36 months in four-year-old American oak barrels for the Tempranillo with six manual rackings, and 30 months for the Garnacha, a fifth of it in new oak, with five rackings, followed by a minimum of three years in bottle. The 2020 vintage ran a long vegetative cycle to perfect phenolic ripening and was officially rated Very Good, giving wines of aromatic intensity with good balance between alcohol and acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16–18°C. It suits roast lamb, braised beef cheek, grilled chorizo, and hard sheep's cheeses such as Manchego. Drinking well now and over the next five to ten years, and an hour in a decanter will open it out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Rioja Alta S.A.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476452315519,"sku":"HNW-5171120A","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5171120A.jpg?v=1789922370"},{"product_id":"2023-gigondas-classique-vieilles-vignes-domaine-saint-damien","title":"Gigondas, Classique Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Saint-Damien 2023","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich black cherry and prune, with cracked pepper and a savoury, almost meaty undertow. Full-bodied and warm at 15%, smooth rather than grippy, with gentle acidity and a long, spicy finish. Grenache 80%, Mourvèdre 20%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour generations of the Saurel family have farmed this estate at La Baumette, a hamlet just outside the village of Gigondas, since 1821; the name Saint Damien, the early Christian saint honoured by the chapel there, entered the name of the domaine in 1979, and Romain Saurel joined his father in 2013. The vines grow on limestone and clay with glacial deposits, worked under lutte raisonnée since 1996 and certified organic since 2012. Fermentation was long and slow, six weeks in concrete vats, and the wine then spent twelve months in oak foudres before being bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C. It handles slow-cooked lamb shoulder, beef daube, merguez off the barbecue or a mature sheep's cheese. Drinking well now and over the next three to five years; an hour in a decanter opens out the fruit. 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Cinsault 48%, Grenache 34%, Syrah 18%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChâteau de l'Aumérade is a 400-year-old estate in the heart of Provence, a traditional Mas property dating to the Renaissance that Henri Fabre and his wife Charlotte bought from the Aumerat family in 1930 and that Caroline Demey runs today; it was designated a Cru Classé when the Provence appellation was created in 1955, a system that classifies the estate rather than the vineyard, and is one of only 18 that remain. Cuvée Marie-Christine comes exclusively from an 89-hectare Cru Classé parcel on the plains of Pierrefeu, where mineral-rich red clay and limestone drain well and the salty Mistral cools the vines from a sea only a few miles away; the estate holds Haute Valeur Environnementale certification. The grapes were picked at the beginning of September and destemmed immediately, the berries gently pressed and the selected juice cooled to 13°C; after a static settling it fermented in stainless steel at 15 to 18°C for ten days, with racking and blending at the end of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 8–10°C. It suits grilled prawns, a salade niçoise, goat's cheese tart and roast chicken with herbs. Drink over the next two to three years, while the fruit is at its brightest; no decanting needed. Sealed with a Nomacorc synthetic closure. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château de l'Aumérade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476456149375,"sku":"HNW-5333525A","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5333525A.jpg?v=1789922423"},{"product_id":"2022-gigondas-les-souteyrades-domaine-saint-damien","title":"Gigondas, Les Souteyrades, Domaine Saint-Damien 2022","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm fig and raisined dark fruit, liquorice and fennel, dark chocolate and spicy fruitcake. Full-bodied and layered, with fine-grained tannins, soft acidity and a long finish. Grenache 80%, Mourvèdre 20%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour generations of the Saurel family have farmed this estate at La Baumette, just outside the village of Gigondas, since 1821; the name Saint Damien entered the name of the domaine in 1979, and Romain Saurel joined his father in 2013. Les Souteyrades is a named lieu-dit in the south of the appellation, on limestone and clay terraces, planted with Grenache dating from 1948 and Mourvèdre from 1977; the vineyard is certified organic, farmed without chemical pesticides or herbicides. The grapes fermented for six weeks with indigenous yeasts in concrete vats, after which the wine spent twelve months in oak barrels and was bottled unfined with only a gentle filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C. It suits slow-braised beef cheek, venison stew, a rib of beef or a wedge of aged Comté. At its best over the next five to ten years, and worth an hour in a decanter while young. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Saint-Damien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476486885759,"sku":"HNW-4650922A","price":32.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/4650922A.jpg?v=1789922431"},{"product_id":"2024-rioja-alavesa-bhilar-tinto-bodegas-bhilar","title":"Rioja Alavesa, Bhilar Tinto, Bodegas Bhilar 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRipe hedgerow berries lead, lifted by aromatic thyme and rosemary and closing on a delicate spicy twist. It is rich and well balanced rather than heavy, with fresh acidity and chalky, fine-grained tannins giving it shape. Tempranillo 75%, Viura 15%, Garnacha 10%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBodegas Bhilar is a small estate in Elvillar, in Rioja Alavesa, run by David Sampedro Gil and Melanie Hickman; Bhilar is the Basque name for the village. The land has been farmed organically for more than twenty years and biodynamically for fifteen of them, horses replaced tractors in the vineyards in 2014, and the estate has held Demeter certification since 2022. Elvillar has some of the oldest vines in Rioja, and this village wine comes from dry-farmed bush vines averaging forty years old, planted in calcareous clay over rocky limestone, ploughed by horse and picked by hand. The grapes were destemmed into concrete tanks and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts without temperature control, then pressed into French oak of several sizes for fourteen months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at around 16°C. It suits roast lamb, grilled pork with piquillo peppers, chorizo with butter beans, or a wedge of aged Idiazábal. Drink over the next three to five years; an hour in the glass is enough and it does not need decanting. The bottle is sealed with a Nomacorc closure. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Bhilar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476499534207,"sku":"HNW-5177024A","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5177024A.jpg?v=1789922461"},{"product_id":"2024-chateauneuf-du-pape-les-vallons-de-la-solitude-domaine-de-la-solitude","title":"Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Les Vallons de la Solitude, Domaine de la Solitude 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLayers of black-berried fruit and bramble, a touch of the local wild garrigue herbs and gentle spice. Smooth and flavoursome rather than heavy, with velvety tannins, moderate acidity and a long, sumptuous finish. Grenache 60%, Syrah 25%, Mourvèdre 15%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWine has been made on this estate for several hundred years, since the Lançon family arrived from Italy in 1264 to serve the pope in Avignon; the three hats on the label stand for two bishops and a pope among their forebears. The 38-hectare domaine is run today by Florent Lançon, whose vines run from the high terraces of La Crau down into the Solitude valley across sandy safres, clay and pebble, strewn with the rounded quartzite galets roulés that hold the day's heat and release it overnight. The fruit is hand-picked variety by variety at phenological ripeness, sorted, destemmed and moved by gravity into concrete tanks, where it fermented with wild yeasts and macerated gently for velvety tannins; a tenth of the wine then spent 15 months in first-use French oak, the rest staying in concrete to keep the fruit pure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C. Good with roast lamb and rosemary, duck breast, pork belly with herbs, or a plate of hard cheeses. Drinking well now and over the next three to five years; give it an hour in a decanter. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine de la Solitude","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476506284415,"sku":"HNW-4615124A","price":34.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/4615124A.jpg?v=1789922477"},{"product_id":"2025-cotes-de-provence-rose-inspiration-chateau-de-berne","title":"Côtes de Provence Rosé, Inspiration, Château de Berne 2025","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassic pale pink, with delicate aromas of ripe stone fruit and red berries. Crisp and light on its feet, dry, with an elegant texture from time on lees and a smooth finish carrying a subtle note of garrigue herbs. Grenache Noir and Cinsault.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChâteau de Berne can trace vine-growing on its land back to Roman times; today the estate covers almost 510 hectares of unspoilt countryside, 150 of them under vine, in the Haut-Pays known as the 'Provence of the Interior', where the terroir is chalky limestone hills and valleys. The estate holds High Environmental Value Level 3 certification, its own vines have been certified organically grown since February 2021, and it was named in the Top 100 of The World's Best Vineyard Awards 2025; the square bottle that is its emblem refers to the two 18th-century towers at the entrance. For this cuvée, oenologist Alexis Cornu draws on Côtes de Provence vineyards across the appellation, farmed by partner growers, where 3,000 hours of sunshine a year and long dry summers ripen the fruit, the Mistral keeps the vineyards healthy and pockets of limestone soil lend elegance. The grapes were harvested in the cool of the night, sorted and chilled to around 10°C for maceration, then fermented between 14°C and 16°C under a protective atmosphere to hold the freshness, and aged on fine lees with gentle stirring in stainless steel vats before bottling in late winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 8–10°C. Good with grilled sea bass, salade niçoise, chicken with tarragon or a plate of charcuterie. Drink over the next two to three years; no decanting needed. Sealed with a technical cork. Suitable for vegetarians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château de Berne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476514935167,"sku":"HNW-5339325A","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5339325A.jpg?v=1789922510"},{"product_id":"2021-vinsobres-rouanne-et-les-crottes-chateau-de-rouanne","title":"Vinsobres, Rouanne et Les Crottes, Château de Rouanne 2021","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLayers of blackberry fruit with spicy gingerbread and graphite behind them, closing on the salinity that is this estate's signature. Medium-bodied and round, with gentle acidity and fine, supple tannins that carry the alcohol without showing it. Grenache 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChâteau de Rouanne is a historic estate in Vinsobres in the Rhône Valley, bought in 2019 by Louis Barruol of Château de Saint Cosme, who is restoring the château and reviving its vineyard. Its 62 contiguous hectares of red clay, limestone marl and sand were planted between 1955 and 1975 to a massal selection of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, and the lieu-dit of Rouanne et Les Crottes — a Gallo-Roman site marked on the 17th-century Cassini maps — sits on a gently rolling clay slope with a south-eastern aspect, where the clay holds just enough water, the crop ripens steadily rather than fast, and rot is unknown. The grapes were fermented whole-cluster in concrete tanks with wild yeast, aged twelve months in a mix of Burgundy casks and demi-muids of which 15% were new, 50% second passage and 35% third, and bottled without fining or filtration. 2021 was a cold, late year, but Vinsobres escaped the spring frost on its hillsides, and the wine has the balance and ethereal elegance of a cool vintage rather than the lightness the year is usually credited with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16 to 18°C. Good with slow-roast shoulder of lamb, herb-roasted chicken, pork belly with fennel, or a mature Comté. Drinking now and through to about 2031; half an hour in a decanter is enough. 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Grenache 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChâteau de Saint Cosme sits in Gigondas in the southern Rhône and has been in the Barruol family for over 500 years; Louis Barruol took the estate on from his father in 1992 and is known among the region's winemakers as the 'Genius of Gigondas'. The property lies at the crosspoint of two geological faults, and Le Claux — old French for clos, from the Latin for 'closed' — is a 1.8-hectare parcel enclosed by a cliff, recorded in the first vineyard land registry of 1902 and already old by then, planted after phylloxera somewhere between 1870 and 1880; it was due to be pulled out in 1914 and survived only because the men had gone to war, and Louis' grandmother, having lost two brothers, kept it afterwards. Its Miocene clay and limestone marl on the Font des Papes alluvial fan, with sharp gravel at the surface, make the estate's most Burgundian Gigondas. Whole clusters were fermented with wild yeasts and minimal intervention, then aged twelve months in French oak casks of which 20% were new, 50% second passage and 30% third or fourth, and the wine was bottled unfiltered and certified organic. In 2022 a long heat wave and drought slowed the vines' growth and ripening, and the reds came in balanced, with good fruit and fine tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16 to 18°C. It suits roast lamb, venison, duck with cherries, slow-braised beef cheeks and a washed-rind cheese. Drinking from now to around 2032; decant an hour ahead. 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Grenache 40%, Cinsault 30%, Syrah 30%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChâteau de l'Aumérade is a 400-year-old estate in the heart of Provence, a traditional Mas property dating to the Renaissance and long held by the Aumerat family; in 1594 the Duke of Sully, finance minister to Henry VI, presented the château with a mulberry tree and plane trees for its gardens in thanks for supplying the Royal Court, and in 1930 Henri Fabre and his wife Charlotte fell in love with the place and bought it, with its 300 hectares of vineyard, from the Aumerats. When the Provence appellation was created in 1955 the château was designated a Cru Classé — a classification of the estate rather than of any vineyard area — and it is one of only 18 that still hold the title; the property has passed down the family and is now run by Caroline Demey. The vines lie a few miles from the coast on predominantly clay-limestone soils that lend a spicy mineral character, ventilated by the salty Mistral blowing in off the sea, and the estate holds Haute Valeur Environnementale Level 3 certification for biodiversity, plant protection, fertiliser use and water management; harvest begins in early September at good phenolic maturity. The berries are sorted and destemmed at once and then carried to the press by gravity through refrigerated tubes — an innovation of the Fabre family — to hold on to their aromatics, gently pressed, the juice cooled to 13°C and left to settle statically before a ten-day fermentation at 17 to 22°C in stainless steel, with racking and blending at the end of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe well chilled at 8–10°C. It suits salade niçoise, grilled sea bream or red mullet, tapenade and anchoïade on toast, and fresh goat's cheese. 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Grenache 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChâteau de Saint Cosme sits in Gigondas in the southern Rhône and has been in the Barruol family for over 500 years; Louis Barruol took over from his father in 1992 and is known among the region's winemakers as the 'Genius of Gigondas', bottling individual old-vine plots separately to show what the terroir can do. Le Poste is the historic vineyard wrapped around the Saint Cosme chapel, four terraces of Tortonian limestone marl with three planted to Grenache and one to Clairette; the site is documented from 1443, when it was in the hands of Orange royalty, and passed to the Barruol ancestor Esprit Vaton in 1490, while Gallo-Roman vines were probably growing less than a hundred metres from today's vats in the first century. Louis' father Henri replanted the terraces in 1963. The cuvée was fermented with wild yeasts and minimal intervention, then aged twelve months in French oak casks of which 20% were new, 50% second passage and 30% third; the wine is certified organic. In 2022 a long heat wave and drought slowed growth and ripening, and the reds came in balanced, with good fruit and fine tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16 to 18°C. Try it with barbecued lamb, grilled ribeye, oxtail, game birds or a hard mountain cheese. Drinking from now to around 2032; give it an hour and a half in a decanter. 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Grenache Noir 60%, Syrah 15%, Mourvèdre 15%, Cinsault 5%, Counoise 5%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWine has been made on this estate for several hundred years, since the Lançon family arrived from Italy in 1264 to serve the pope in Avignon; the three hats on the label stand for two bishops and a pope among their forebears, and the 38-hectare domaine is run today by Florent Lançon. The vineyard is one of the best-sited in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, thick with the rounded quartzite stones of the Villafranchian period that absorb the day's heat and release it overnight, and it is held to just 30 hectolitres per hectare and certified by Terra Vitis for its work on biodiversity. The hand-picked bunches were sorted, destemmed and moved by gravity into concrete tanks, macerated for around 30 days with wild yeasts to draw out velvety tannins, then matured for 15 months, roughly a tenth in barrels, demi-muids and foudres and the rest in concrete, before bottling without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C. It goes with roast lamb, beef short rib, a herb-rubbed pork shoulder or a board of washed-rind and hard cheeses. Drinking well now and over the next three to five years; an hour in a decanter is worthwhile. 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The Frey family have owned it since 2006, with Caroline Frey as winemaker; the vineyards have been certified AB organic since 2016 and, since 2021, farmed biodynamically with a regenerative approach, alongside a nine-hectare wildlife reserve. Parallèle 45 is named for the latitude that crosses France a little over a mile from the Jaboulet cellars, and the fruit comes from vines averaging forty years on clay-limestone soils with alluvial deposits of round pebbles, the whole vineyard certified organic. Vinified by traditional methods, the wine spent six months on its fine lees in stainless steel and truncated cone vats, which is where its purity of fruit and freshness come from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe lightly chilled, at 15-16°C. Good with roast lamb, sausages and lentils, barbecued pork and a plate of charcuterie. Drink over the next one to three years, while the fruit is at its most forward; no decanting needed. 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Grenache 65%, Mourvèdre 17%, Syrah 10%, Cinsault 3%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Brunel family settled in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the 17th century and has made wine for five generations; André Brunel took over in 1971 and expanded the estate, which now covers 22 hectares in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and 40 in the Côtes du Rhône, and is farmed sustainably without herbicides or pesticides under HVE certification, today by his son Fabrice. The wine is drawn from several plots, each contributing something different: gravel beds at Bois de la Ville and Les Serres that drain hard and concentrate the juice, red and blue clays at Farguerol and Cansaud for aroma, and the chalky limestone of Cabrières and Revès for structure and length. The countless round pebbles that cover the vineyard, les cailloux, give the wine its name. Grapes were partly destemmed and pressed with minimal extraction, fermented with selected yeasts in temperature-controlled concrete at 28-32°C with daily pump-overs; Grenache and Mourvèdre stayed in concrete for 18 months while the Syrah spent the same time in first- and second-use barriques to soften its tannins, with the final blend assembled six months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C. It suits roast lamb, game birds, braised oxtail, mushroom risotto or a plate of aged cheeses. Drinking well now and over the next three to five years, and better for an hour in a decanter. 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Grenache 52%, Rolle 48%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen and Jeany Cronk sold their London home and moved the family to Provence to build a wine brand, founding Maison Mirabeau and later buying Domaine Mirabeau, a wine farm in the Plaine des Maures; Stephen went on to co-found the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation to advance the understanding of soil health. The secluded 20-hectare estate holds 14 hectares of vines on the crystalline soils recognised within the Côtes de Provence appellation — micro-schist and sand with some clay over red Permian sandstone — ringed by umbrella pines, cork oak and chestnut in the Plaine des Maures nature reserve; the vines are farmed regeneratively and organically and certified HVE Level 3, with cover cropping in place of ploughing, and trees, hedges, bees, alpacas, chickens and pigs brought in to fertilise the land naturally. The grapes were harvested at night and gently pressed in a non-oxidative environment, then fermented under temperature control; shortly after fermentation began a portion was moved to barrels of varying size and toast for six months of bâtonnage, before being blended back with the wine kept in stainless steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10-12°C, warmer than a standard rosé so the texture shows. It stands up to roast chicken, grilled tuna, a creamy mushroom risotto or a mature goat's cheese. Drink over the next three to five years; no decanting needed. 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Joel Saurel, the owner, lives in the tiny hamlet of La Baumette just outside Gigondas, where a chapel was built in honour of Saint Damien, an early Christian saint martyred in 287 AD and held to be the patron saint of doctors; his name was taken into the domaine's own in 1979. Romain Saurel joined his father in 2013, and the estate has been certified organic since 2012. The vines lie in Plan de Dieu - the plain of God - first recorded as 'Plan Dei' on a parchment of 1326 and only designated an appellation for red wine in 2005, an alluvial plateau of calcareous gravel that holds water through hot, arid summers under a classic Mediterranean climate with the Mistral running across it. The grapes were picked at optimum maturity, vinified in the traditional manner for 30 days, aged eight months in concrete vats and bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C. It stands up to lamb shoulder, beef daube, barbecued ribs and an aged hard cheese. Drink over the next one to three years, while the fruit is generous; an hour in a decanter opens it out. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Saint-Damien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476521849215,"sku":"HNW-4650424A","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/4650424A.jpg?v=1789922716"},{"product_id":"2021-garnacha-syrah-quinta-de-quercus","title":"Garnacha\/Syrah, Quinta de Quercus 2021","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntense ripe blackberry with subtle herbal edges and refined layers of oak spice and clove. Full-bodied and concentrated yet still juicy and vibrant, with velvety, finely-knit tannins and a precise, long finish. 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