French Red Wines

This is Philippe's lightest wine. A soft, light blend which can be drunk chilled if required.

Montplaisir from Costes Cirgues is one of our best value sulphite free red wines. It's made in a fresh and fruity style to be enjoyed young. Merlot adds ripe red fruits and the Carignan was fermented under carbonic maceration where the grapes are not pressed but simply crushed by their own weight, which extracts only the free run juice and avoids extracting the tannins. 

This wine is great value and a good introduction to just how good Costes Cirgues sulphite free wines are. Once you've enjoyed this wine you will be tempted to move onto their other excellent reds.

Deep opaque ruby in colour. Swirl it round in the glass and the nose really opens up. Big damson and plum flavours in the mouth. Very smooth and balanced.

Deep opaque purple in colour. This is a big wine and is best decanted as it really opens up given some time to breathe. Big black fruit flavours, velvet mouth feel and soft tannins.

Decanter World Wine Awards 2016 - Platinum "Best Wine in Show (Rhone Style)"

Chateau Costes Cirgues is the top wine from this superb tiny family winery. All their wines are sulphite free and organically certtified. It consists of 80% Syrah, 20% Grenache hand harvested into small trays from another tiny 1.6 hectare vineyard. Gravity fed, concrete fermented then aged in French oak for 15 months prior to blending. Black fruit from the Grenache with some pepper from the Syrah. Big, rich and opulent. This is a superb wine.

A great organic oaked Pinot Noir from this family owned winery.

A soft and smooth organic wine made from a unique grape which is a hybrid of Merlot and Petit Verdot.

A big, smooth tasty blend. Mayrac took individual parcels from specific vineyards and blended them to produce this wine they are very proud of. It's great value and highly recommended.

A lovely, smooth wine with savoury flavours and a long finish.

Domaine Myrac Diletante Rouge is a complex Syrah with flavours of dark chocolate followed by mint. Very smooth and balanced. Fully organic and very low in sulphur, this is a genuine artisan wine from this excellent organic family owned winery. This wine is lovely.

"Excellence" is a very apt name for this wine. It is velvet smooth, with good body. Fruit and oak in harmony, with excellent natural acidity.

Esprit de la Garrigues is a big, powerful wine which benefits from decanting. Handpicked grapes from a 2 hectare vineyard from vines between 15-25 years old. Consisting of 60% Syrah and 40% Grenache, fermented in stainless steel then aged in a combination of stainless steel and oak.

A great wine in it's own right, being sulphite free is a bonus!

This is Roger's lightest red. Soft, smooth, fruity and low in tannins.

A great introduction to Viret wines. Fruity, earthy, very natural in style. No added acid (or anything else) of course so it harmonises with the body and quickly becomes really "moreish"!

The first of Philippe's "Energie" wines. Personally when I drink this wine I feel positively energised. It certainly has a tonic effect.

The second of Philippe's "Energie" wines. This one is aged at the winery in concrete tanks for longer prior to release.

Perhaps Philippe's most successful wine. A beautiful, powerful blend aged only in concrete to preserve the natural fruit flavours. Nothing added and nothing taken away.

A one off Cuvee from Philippe. This is a parcel of Syrah that he aged in vat for five years before bottling. It's a big powerful wine.

A big powerful blend of Grenache and Syrah aged in barriques for 24 months.

A big powerful blend of Grenache, Syrah and Carignan aged in barriques for 24 months.

A soft and smooth sulphite free red for every day drinking

Another soft and smooth sulphite free red for every day drinking

Chemin des Moutons Organic Domaine D'Anglas is a beautiful big sulphite free syrah grenache blend. It is the flagship wine from Roger and is superb!

A superb single vineyard Syrah aged for 24 months in oak. Delicious! Big black cherry flavours with vanilla and a hint of white pepper. Perfectly balanced wine with good natural acidity. Superb.