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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1994 Beaucastel CDP Hommage a Jacques Perrin96RPThe two limited cuvees of Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin are spectacular in both 1994 and 1995, but each will require 10-15 years of cellaring. Less than 300 cases we..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $460.00 -
1995 Henri Bonneau Chateauneuf du Pape Celestins95RPThe profound 1995 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Celestins exhibits a dense saturated plum/garnet color as well as an intense nose of roasted meats, beef blood, plum, cherry, and ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,090.00 -
1998 Henri Bonneau Chateauneuf du Pape Speciale98WSThis offers an aroma of chocolate-covered prunes stewing on the stove, along with notes of brick dust, black currant preserve, fresh espresso and powdered rust. Powerfully tannic a..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,195.00 -
1999 Beaucastel Chateauneuf Du Pape92+VMFull ruby. Highly complex nose combines black fruits, gibier, truffle, road tar, licorice and leather. Very intense and spicy, but still tightly wound, with a firm acid spine keepi..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $135.00 -
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 $165.00 -
2000 Beaucastel CDP Hommage a Jacques Perrin99RPThe 2000 possesses an impenetrable black/purple color as well as a sumptuous bouquet of melted licorice, creosote, new saddle leather, blackberry and cherry fruit as well as roaste..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $600.00 -
2000 Beaucastel Chateauneuf Du Pape97JDAbsolutely firing on all cylinders and with an open, borderline slutty profile, the 2000 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a dream on the nose, showing compl..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $109.00 -
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 $165.00 -
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 $355.00 -
2000 Vieille Julienne Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve99RPThe 2000 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve (15.5% alcohol; 100% Grenache) is a wine of magnificent intensity as well as majestic texture and richness. Layers of concentrated fruit cascad..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $415.00 -
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 -
2001 Vieille Julienne Chateauneuf du Pape VV96RPThe 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes (400 cases produced) will be the last vintage of this cuvee. A fabulous wine fashioned from 50-100-year old vines (80% Grenache and the..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $220.00 -
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2003 Paul Avril Chateauneuf du Pape Clos des Papes97JDA wine that was controversial with a lot of tasters on release (not for me), the 2003 Châteauneuf-du-Pape has been drinking beautifully for a number of years now. It's showin..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $129.00 -
2003 Pierre Usseglio CDP Mon Aeiul98RPThe best bottle of this I've had (and I've had plenty), Usseglio's 2003 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de Mon Aieul is a blockbuster and one of the true stars of this vintage. Almost al..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $195.00 -
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 -
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 MoreFormats Available:As low as $475.00 -
2005 Barroche Chateauneuf du Pape Pure100RPA wine I've had many times, Julien's 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Pure is a heavenly Chateauneuf du Pape that's a tribute to the heights Grenache can hit when grown in a great terroir ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $349.00 -
2005 Beaucastel Chateauneuf Du Pape96JDYoung but far from unapproachable, the 2005 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape has screaming aromatics of bloody meats, iron, and truffle that are wrapped around..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $109.00 -
2005 Paul Avril Chateauneuf du Pape Clos des Papes98WSReally 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 MoreFormats Available:As low as $139.00 -
2005 Pierre Usseglio CDP Deux Freres98JDThe 2005 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve des Deux Freres is a rock star wine that's built for the long haul with massive amounts of rich dark f..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $179.00 -
2005 Roger Sabon CDP le Secret de Sabon98RPThe best showing yet from this cuvee (I rated in 96+ earlier this year), the 2005 Châteauneuf du Pape Le Secret de Sabon is a brilliant success and easily in the top handful ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $429.00 -
2006 Pierre Usseglio CDP Deux Freres98RPThe 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Deux Freres, which comes from Les Serres, La Crau, and Esquirons (which is high on the plateau just behind the ruined chateau of the villag..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $179.00 -
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 $67.95
