Southern Rhone Wines

Southern Rhone Wines
The Southern Rhône is a picturesque landscape almost taken from tales of fantasy. There are wildly diverse types of terroir in this part of the Rhône Valley, and this makes the region exciting and compelling to explore as you sample bottle by bottle of their amazing wine. The potential for thrilling and diverse flavor mixtures is huge, as every bottle fights for your attention, bringing an identity uniquely its own.Sampling a Southern Rhône wine is like taking a plunge into a whirlpool of juicy flavor. Every sip explodes forward like a crashing tsunami, bathing your tastebuds in delicious aromas of prune, chocolate, grass, and black fruit. The wines are so compelling that it can be hard to drink them casually at a social event without getting lost in their intricate textures and emotional depths. Expect to lose your train of thought as the wine steals your attention and your heart with the greatest of ease.
No explorer leaves their home without some sort of map detailing the area they wish to traverse. As a well-established wine retailer, we’ve made it our goal to chart the course for you by isolating the finest wines the Southern Rhône has to offer. Let’s set sail together, and drink deep from these luxurious bottles with our friends and loved ones. These wines will be an instant hit at any party or date where they’re uncorked and will be a gleaming gem in your collection, one you can admire for years to come.
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1990 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape98JSThis offers a super rich, earth, leather, spice and sweet-tobacco nose with a very similar texture to the 2017. It has a rich, dark, nutty core with very intense, long black fruit ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $575.00
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1997 Castellare I Sodi di San Niccolo97AGThe 1997 I Sodi di San Niccolo is wonderfully elegant, pure and silky. It remains very young, but is so polished that opening a bottle today is far from a crime. Dark red cherries,..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $185.00
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1998 Beaucastel CDP Hommage a Jacques Perrin100RPI've been lucky enough to have the 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin numerous times recently and it has never failed to deliver everything I could want from a wine...." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,699.00
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1998 Lupicaia93VMImpenetrable ruby-black. Splendid, harmonious aromas of cassis, vanilla and mocha. Rich, dense, velvety and caressing; flavors of blackcurrant and spice. Very concentrated but with..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $125.00
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1999 Rayas CDP92RPThe dark ruby-colored 1999 Rayas Chateauneuf du Pape admirably conceals its 15% alcohol. With serious structure and tannin, this medium to full-bodied, closed 1999 offers beautiful..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $2,785.00
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2000 Andre Brunel CDP Cuvee Centenaire96JDA blend of 80% Grenache (from the Farguerol vineyard), 8% Syrah and 12% Mourvedre, the 2000 Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel) Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Cent..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $160.00
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2000 Clos Des Papes CDP96DECFully mature at 17 years of age, this should remain on a plateau for the next seven or eight years. The palate is still generous and silky, with a touch of light tannin and notes o..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $135.00
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2000 Mordoree CDP Reine De Bois98JDWow, Domaine de la Mordorée's 2000 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de la Reine des Bo is almost the quintessential Chateauneuf and is glorious stuff. They should bott..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $135.00
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2000 Pichon Baron98JDThe best since the 1990, the 2000 Pichon-Longueville Baron is just now starting to shed some baby fat and develop additional complexity and layers. This still ruby/plum-colored bea..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $369.00
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2001 Beaucastel Chateauneuf Du Pape96JDStill incredibly youthful and a touch reserved (especially when compared to the ’00), the 2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape still needs another 5 yea..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $145.00
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2001 Pierre Usseglio CDP Deux Freres99RPThe 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Deux Freres elicits “wows”. Aged 60% in neutral wood foudres and 40% in one, two, and three-year old Burgundy barrels, this 200..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $275.00
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2001 Tardieu Laurent CDP Vielle Vignes94VM(aged in 50% new oak) Full red-ruby. Nose initially dominated by smoked plum, roasted nuts and black cardamom, but showed strong black raspberry fruit with aeration. Huge and exoti..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $89.95
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2003 Janasse Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Chaupoin96JDDeep purple in color with slight lightening at the edges; the 2003 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Chaupin shows stunning aromas of kirsch, raspberry c..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $130.00
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2003 Janasse Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes97+RPOne of the vintage’s most compelling wines, the huge, dense purple-colored 2003 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Vieilles Vignes offers aromas of creme de cassis, creosote, and flow..." Learn MoreAs low as $150.00
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2003 Rayas CDP95RPThe 2003 Rayas Chateauneuf du Pape has gone from strength to strength and now looks to be the finest vintage since the monumental 1995. Deep ruby to the rim with that classic Rayas..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,999.00Out of stock
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2003 Roger Sabon CDP le Secret de Sabon96RPThe 2003 Chateauneuf du Pape Le Secret des Sabon is extremely powerful and full-bodied with that note of truffle oil, burning embers, and roasted meats along with melted licorice, ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $205.00
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2004 Beaucastel CDP Hommage a Jacques Perrin96WSA powerful, modern style, delivering a torrent of cassis and cocoa notes backed by a second wave of tar and fig paste. Densely structured from start to finish, with floral and mine..." Learn MoreAs low as $435.00
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2005 Andre Brunel CDP Cuvee Centenaire97+JDA stunning, profound wine, the 2005 Les Cailloux Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Centenaire, a blend of 80% Grenache and the rest a mix of Mourvèdre and Syrah, delive..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $185.00
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2005 Clos Des Papes CDP98WSReally tight now, but packed with dark fig, currant, espresso, licorice and chocolate notes. Superfleshy but seriously structured, there's layer after layer of sweet spice, fruit a..." Learn MoreAs low as $159.00
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2005 Janasse Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes98RPAbsolutely profound, and certainly one of the vintage’s great wines is the 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Inky plum/ruby/purple to the rim, with a big, sweet nose ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $350.00
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2005 Vieux Telegraphe CDP La Crau95+RPThe 2005 Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf du Pape, this estate’s strongest vintage since 1998, has put on serious weight since last year. Dense ruby/purple-colored with an exquis..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $95.00
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2007 Beaucastel CDP Hommage a Jacques Perrin100JDI continue to be blown away by the 2007 Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin and it’s a magical, hedonistic, thrilling wine in every way. A blend of 60% Mourv&e..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $785.00
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2007 Beaucastel Chateauneuf Du Pape96+JDA straight up, phenomenal wine, this bottle of 2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape was double decanted (poured into a decanter and then back into the bottle)..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $129.00
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2007 Rayas CDP98JDThis was a brilliant showing by the 2007 Châteauneuf du Pape Reserve from Rayas, the finest bottle I’ve had to date. Offering a classic ruby color as well as gorgeous n..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $2,475.00