2016 Cotes du Rhone Villages

Readers looking for a good introduction into the style of the 2016 vintage should check out the 2016 Côtes du Rhône Villages from this great estate. Based on 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, and the rest Syrah and other varieties, it gives up a great perfume of blackberries, toasted spices, smoked earth, and licorice. It’s ripe, mouthfilling, and pleasure bent.