Rhone

Region: France, Rhone

Grape variety: Syrah & Grenache

Background: The Jaboulet family started working the land in the Rhone region in 1834. The generations continued to succeed one another until Maison Paul Jaboulet Aine was acquired by the owners of Chateau La Lagune in Bordeaux, the Frey family, in 2006. Although lauded for wines like Crozes Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert and the famous Hermitage La Chapelle, winemaker Caroline Frey has been receiving excellent reviews for her wines from the Southern Rhone region. From a robust Vacqueyras, to Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres and the Secret de Famille Cotes de Rhone wines, Paul Jaboulet Aine offers fantastic quality from these much loved regions. This is the most famous appellation of the southern Rhône and also one of the best-known in France and abroad.

Tasting notes: Deep ruby red colour with very thick legs. The bouquet offers complex and intense notes of macerated red berries, blended with sweet spices and a final hint of garrigue (Mediterranean vegetation). Powerful and warm attack in the mouth, with a spicy and hot finish.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape variety: Marsanne (50%) & Roussanne (50%)

Tasting notes: This wine offers lots of buttered citrus, lychee, nut and white flowers. It is medium-bodied, fresh and lively, if not racy on the palate.

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: 100% Syrah

Tasting Notes: Shiny and lipid deep ruby colour. Intense, complex and aromatic on the nose, notes of small red fruits, animals, graphite and Provenal olives. Powerful but fine on the palate, elegant tannins with a smooth texture.

Food Pairing: Enjoy this magnificent Syrah from the Rhone with game,wild fowl and lamb with young vegetables. Before enjoying, decant this red wine for at least one hour.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape Variety: Syrah

Tasting Notes: This wine is very richly balanced. Its length gives expression the ripe apricots, honey and spice notes.

Food Pairing: Suggested dishes to pair with this wine are stuffed aubergine, lamb and venisons peppered haunch.

ORGANIC

Region: France, Rhone

Grape variety: Grenache (80%), Syrah (10%) & Mourvedre (10%)

Tasting notes: The resulting wine has an aromatic nose with red fruits developing into notes of macerated fruits. Straightforward attack on the palate, with strong tannins, finishing with great depth and strength.

Region: Rhone, France,

Grape Variety: Grenache

Winemaking Process: ‘Les Traverses’ are the dry stone walls which were built to support and protect the slopes in Ventoux from the significant erosion caused by the strong Mistral winds. 40+ year old vines on average From the foothills of the Mont Ventoux – clay and limestone soils with south/southwest exposure 80% Grenache, 20% Syrah Aged in 20% large older barrel and 80% in stainless tanks.

Tasting Notes: Blood orange, raspberry, fresh pepper and wild herbs emerge from this delicious Ventoux Rouge. Incredibly sappy and persistent with laser focus and precision. When they are well-made by a gifted winemaker, reds from Ventoux are usually excellent value. This one really is, boasting fresh aromas of red fruit, spices and cedar. Palate is fruity and lively with fine tannins in the background. Nothing over complicated, this bottle is a great pick for your everyday drink!

Food Pairing: This Grenache pairs well with lamb shank with mushrooms, roast duck with apples and beef tataki.


Awards:

India Wine and Spirits Award 2018 - Gold

Region: France, Rhone

Grape Variety: Syrah

Tasting Notes: From the eastern part of the hill where the soil is deeper. It has wonderful depth of soft fruit, plummy and rich, blackberries and spice with real density and excellent ripe tannins to give structure.

Food Pairing: Jaboulet Hermitage is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted braised ans grilled dishes,. It is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape Variety: Grenache

Tasting Notes: This wine has the Southern Rhône's classically warm, ripe feel with red fruits blended with spices. Well-structured on the palate with rounded tannins and a final spicy note.

Food Pairing: It will make a perfect match with fish or poultry and mushrooms especially prepared using garlic.

Awards:

Sakura Awards 2024 - Gold
Japan Wine Challenge 2021 - Silver
Sakura Awards 2020 - Silver
The Global Masters 2019 - Silver
Japan Wine Challenge 2019 - Silver

Region: France, Rhone

Grape variety: Viognier

Tasting notes: Its nose is very expressive with aromas of white fruits, peach, accompanied by notes of flowers, a typical Viognier complexity. On the palate, the attack is lively and fat, the palate unctuous and gourmet revealing notes of apricots and exotic fruits.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape variety: Grenache Blanc

Tasting notes: It is made of a subtle blend of various local grapes providing concentrated flavours of white fruit and flowers, while remaining crisp and fresh. A short stay in oak barrels brings in a toasted hint for a greater personality.

Background: Along the Petite Pierrelle street, not far from the stream of Torras and the road where the blackbirds sing, lies the pretty Maison Bleue. Leaning against the Hermitage Hill, one of the most beautiful vineyards in the world, this small stone house with blue shutters was once a real haven of peace for their winegrowers: a place to work, rest and share located in the heart of a legendary terroir. Today, this house of winegrowers has regained a new youth. Winegrowers and horses take shelter from time to time. The Maison Bleue still serves as a shelter for their grapes to dry the straw wine when they produce it. This year, they will use its space to dry their plants for biodynamic preparations. A new life in the respect of traditions.

Tasting Notes: There is dark fruit and smoky notes with a hint of barbecued meat. Complex and very long, this is a stunning Hermitage.

Critical Acclaim:

James Suckling – 95 Points: This is a juicy and flavourful young wine with dusty and polished tannins. Lots of wild fruit and dark-berry and volcanic and salt undertones. Flavourful finish.

Jeb Dunnuck – 93 Points: The 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue (2,000 cases) comes from vines on the eastern side of the appellation and more sedimentary and limestone soils. This deep ruby/purple-coloured beauty gives up loads of black raspberry, toasted spiced, incense, and crushed rock aromatics. This flows to a ripe, sexy, and medium to full-bodied Hermitage that has moderate tannins, a layered, beautifully pure, elegant, even charming texture, and a great finish. It's already approachable yet will have 10-15 years of prime drinking.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate – 93 Points: The charming, already drinkable 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue comes from the eastern portion of the appellation. Raspberries and cherries lead the way in this full-bodied, velvety, lush offering, picking up subtle hints of baking spices on the long, silky finish.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape Variety: Grenache Blanc & Clairette

Winemaking Process: Gentle pneumatic pressing. Cold settling. Alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats at a low temperature (16°-18°C). 6 months ageing on the fine lees in concrete tanks.

Tasting Notes: Pale yellow hue with green tints. Aromas of exotic fruits, white flowers and citrus. Very complex encompassing notes of peach and apricot. This cuvee has a very good length and good freshness.

Food Pairing: A must pair with grilled fish and white meats in a warm atmosphere.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape variety: Grenache & Syrah

Winemaking process: Total destemming. 48-hour cold pre-fermentation maceration. Alcoholic fermentation at 26°C. Gentle extraction through pumping over and punching down the cap operations. 3 weeks maceration. 12 months ageing in concrete tanks.

Tasting notes: Bright deep ruby hue. Fruity and spiced bouquet with notes of blackcurrant and plums. Initially fresh and full, supple and fruity with dominant notes of small black fruit and liquorice. A long and pleasant finish.

Award: Wine Spectator 88 points

Region: Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone, France

Grape Variety: Shiraz/Syrah

Tasting Notes: Big, rich, dark-fruited and almost tarry, but this full-bodied wine is pleasantly velvety and marked by savoury notes of scorched wood and black olive tapenade that linger on the finish.

Food Pairing: This wine pairs well with grilled meats, barbeque, grilled vegetables and spicey dishes.

Region: Rhone Valley, France

Grape Variety: Shiraz/Syrah

Tasting Notes: La Chapelle is full-bodied like Pauillac with deep inky colour. It is extremeley aromatic with raspberry, dark berry and smoke aromas, with herbal chracteristics such as rosemary, developing a wonderful bouquet of spices, cedar wood and berries. The body is velvety supported by immense ripe and round tannin. The finish is always fresh and beautifully balanced.

Food Pairing: Jaboulet Hermitage is best served with all types of classic meat dishes such as veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken or any roasted, braised and grilled dishes.

Region: Rhone Valley, France

Grape Variety: Shiraz/Syrah

Tasting Notes: The palate is dense with layers of blackerries, damsons, black cherries, liqourice, tar and all spice - a nod to the 15% new oak used in maturation, which brings complexity while leaving the emphasis on the purity of the fruit. Tannins are mouthcoating but gloriously fine and silky, while aromas of incense, violets, graphite and a dash of acidity bring a fragrant and refreshing lift. For all its richness and ripe fruit flavours, this is crisper and more poised than recent vintages. Elegant and beautifully balanced with a lingering finish.

Food Pairing: This wine would pair well with a rich cut of pork, slow-cooked shoulder or braised belly-pork.

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: 100% Roussanne

Tasting Notes: Yellow-gold colour. The nose is rich in armoas of citrus fruit, tropical fruit, quince and honey with a touch of vanilla. On the palate, the same aromas appear togeher with a fatness combining exotic fruit and vanilla. The wine is rich, generous and elegant,with extaordinary length. "La Fontaine" is often considered to be on eof the best Chateauneuf du Pape White and it is by definition a superb gastronomy wine.

Food Pairing: Best with fish dishes in sauce or foie gras, white meat and delicate cheeses.

Points:
La Guide Hachette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2025

La Guide Hachette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2016

1001 Degustations 2 Star (Very Good Wine) - Awarded 2009

La Guide Hachette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2002

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah & 10% Mourvedre

Tasting Notes: An intense dark-ruby colour. The nose develop aromas of ripe black fruit (such as blackberry) cherry and spice box. Thr palate reveals the presence of tannins, in high quanitity and elegant. The finish is long and luxurious. This is the Chateauneuf du Pape expression, displaying all the characteristics of the terroir.

Points:
Le Guide Hachette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2025

Challenge Millesime Bio Silver Awarded 2025

Le Guide Hachette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2023

Wine Spectator Top 100 Placed #48 - Awarded 2023

Le Guide Hachette du Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2020

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: Viognier

Tasting Notes: Pale gold colour, beautiful exotic nose, lightly apricot style. It exhibits an intense and pure expression of apricot-orange marmalade, some body and fleshy but with a certain balance still. We do respect the fruit expression and finesse in using only a limit quanitity of new oak, together with older barrels. Filtration is very light.

Food Pairing: Suggested food pairings for this wine are rich fish dishes, fish in sauce, veal with cream, cured meats, poultry and lamb dishes.

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: Grenache, Syrah & Mourvedre

Tasting Notes: Deep red garnet colour. Aromas typical for Grenache with ripe black fruit and blackberry. A powerful Gigondas, racy but harmonious and well balanced. The finish is long on spicey touches (pepper) and minerals (crush rocks and graphite).

Points:
Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 2 Stars (Remarkable)  - Awarded 2024

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2023

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2022

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 2 Star (Remarkable) - Awarded 2016

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2015

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2013

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 2 Star (Remarkable) - Awarded 2012

100 Degustations 1 Star (Successful) - Awarded 2009

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2008

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre

Tasting Notes: Deep, intense hue. Aromas of fresh black fruit, a little meaty with dried herb smells. On the palate, the richness of the tannins harmonises with the smoothness of the wine. The finish is long with spicey aromas and licorice. A typical wine from the specific terroir called "Les Garrigues".

Points:
Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 2 Stars (Remarkable) - Awarded 2025

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2024

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awearded 2021

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2011

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 2 Star (Remarkable) - Awarded 2010

1001 Degustations 2 Star (Very Good Wine) - Awarded 2009

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2007

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2006

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2005

Les Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2003

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre

Tasting Notes: The colour is purple-tinged garnet. The aromatic range of the nose goes from fresh berries (wild raspberry, blackcurrant and blackberry) to spices. The palate is big and full-flavoured, with silky smooth tannins and aromas of the fruit already mentioned. The finish introduces touches of licorice and pepper. A Cotes du Rhone with great complexity for an everyday drinking.

Awards:
Challenge Millesime Bio Gold - Awarded 2025

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2024

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 2 Star (Remarkable) - Awarded 2022

Le Guide Hatchette des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2020

Sommelier Wine Awards Commended - Awarded 2020

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre

Tasting Notes: Salmon pink colour, clear and brilliant. The nose is fruity and spicy, reminiscent of wild strawberry and fine Provencal spices. The palate is full, well balanced and fruity with a long fresh finish. A beautiful and delicate rose which is a great example from the Rhone.

Food Pairing: It is often recommended as an aperitif, with charcuterie, tapas or picnic fare. Its fruitiness and acidity also make it suitable for grilled vegetables, salads with crusty dressings or even some light pasta dishes.

Points:
Le Guide Hatchette Des Vins 1 Star (Very Successful) - Awarded 2024

Region: France, Rhone

Grape Variety: Syrah

Background: Along the Petite Pierrelle street, not far from the stream of Torras and the road where the blackbirds sing, lies the pretty Maison Bleue. Leaning against the Hermitage Hill, one of the most beautiful vineyards in the world, this small stone house with blue shutters was once a real haven of peace for their winegrowers: a place to work, rest and share located in the heart of a legendary terroir. Today, this house of winegrowers has regained a new youth. Winegrowers and horses take shelter from time to time. The Maison Bleue still serves as a shelter for their grapes to dry the straw wine when they produce it. This year, they will use its space to dry their plants for biodynamic preparations. A new life in the respect of traditions.

Tasting Notes: There is dark fruit and smoky notes with a hint of barbecued meat. Complex and very long, this is a stunning Hermitage.

Critical Acclaim:

James Suckling – 95 Points: This is a juicy and flavourful young wine with dusty and polished tannins. Lots of wild fruit and dark-berry and volcanic and salt undertones. Flavourful finish.

Jeb Dunnuck – 93 Points: The 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue (2,000 cases) comes from vines on the eastern side of the appellation and more sedimentary and limestone soils. This deep ruby/purple-coloured beauty gives up loads of black raspberry, toasted spiced, incense, and crushed rock aromatics. This flows to a ripe, sexy, and medium to full-bodied Hermitage that has moderate tannins, a layered, beautifully pure, elegant, even charming texture, and a great finish. It's already approachable yet will have 10-15 years of prime drinking.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate – 93 Points: The charming, already drinkable 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue comes from the eastern portion of the appellation. Raspberries and cherries lead the way in this full-bodied, velvety, lush offering, picking up subtle hints of baking spices on the long, silky finish.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape Variety: Syrah

Background: Along the Petite Pierrelle street, not far from the stream of Torras and the road where the blackbirds sing, lies the pretty Maison Bleue. Leaning against the Hermitage Hill, one of the most beautiful vineyards in the world, this small stone house with blue shutters was once a real haven of peace for their winegrowers: a place to work, rest and share located in the heart of a legendary terroir. Today, this house of winegrowers has regained a new youth. Winegrowers and horses take shelter from time to time. The Maison Bleue still serves as a shelter for their grapes to dry the straw wine when they produce it. This year, they will use its space to dry their plants for biodynamic preparations. A new life in the respect of traditions.

Tasting Notes: There is dark fruit and smoky notes with a hint of barbecued meat. Complex and very long, this is a stunning Hermitage.

Critical Acclaim:

James Suckling – 95 Points: This is a juicy and flavourful young wine with dusty and polished tannins. Lots of wild fruit and dark-berry and volcanic and salt undertones. Flavourful finish.

Jeb Dunnuck – 93 Points: The 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue (2,000 cases) comes from vines on the eastern side of the appellation and more sedimentary and limestone soils. This deep ruby/purple-coloured beauty gives up loads of black raspberry, toasted spiced, incense, and crushed rock aromatics. This flows to a ripe, sexy, and medium to full-bodied Hermitage that has moderate tannins, a layered, beautifully pure, elegant, even charming texture, and a great finish. It's already approachable yet will have 10-15 years of prime drinking.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate – 93 Points: The charming, already drinkable 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue comes from the eastern portion of the appellation. Raspberries and cherries lead the way in this full-bodied, velvety, lush offering, picking up subtle hints of baking spices on the long, silky finish.

Region: France, Rhone

Grape Variety: Syrah

Background: Along the Petite Pierrelle street, not far from the stream of Torras and the road where the blackbirds sing, lies the pretty Maison Bleue. Leaning against the Hermitage Hill, one of the most beautiful vineyards in the world, this small stone house with blue shutters was once a real haven of peace for their winegrowers: a place to work, rest and share located in the heart of a legendary terroir. Today, this house of winegrowers has regained a new youth. Winegrowers and horses take shelter from time to time. The Maison Bleue still serves as a shelter for their grapes to dry the straw wine when they produce it. This year, they will use its space to dry their plants for biodynamic preparations. A new life in the respect of traditions.

Tasting Notes: There is dark fruit and smoky notes with a hint of barbecued meat. Complex and very long, this is a stunning Hermitage.

Critical Acclaim:

James Suckling – 95 Points: This is a juicy and flavourful young wine with dusty and polished tannins. Lots of wild fruit and dark-berry and volcanic and salt undertones. Flavourful finish.

Jeb Dunnuck – 93 Points: The 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue (2,000 cases) comes from vines on the eastern side of the appellation and more sedimentary and limestone soils. This deep ruby/purple-coloured beauty gives up loads of black raspberry, toasted spiced, incense, and crushed rock aromatics. This flows to a ripe, sexy, and medium to full-bodied Hermitage that has moderate tannins, a layered, beautifully pure, elegant, even charming texture, and a great finish. It's already approachable yet will have 10-15 years of prime drinking.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate – 93 Points: The charming, already drinkable 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue comes from the eastern portion of the appellation. Raspberries and cherries lead the way in this full-bodied, velvety, lush offering, picking up subtle hints of baking spices on the long, silky finish.