The 2020 vintage produced some outsized and delicious wines in the Southern Rhone- outsized in every good way!  In other words, what they may lack in finesse and refinement, they make up for in sheer chutzpah and succulence!  And, in...

In what’s officially (in my mind) the coolest wine evv-vahh, we present the 2020 Vin de la Solitude from Domaine de la Solitude; Chateauneuf du Pape as it once was, or, maybe, how it may be again.  The grapes are fermented as whole clusters...

  2020 Domaine Laurent Charvin Cotes du Rhone Rouge ‘Le Poutet’   81% Grenache, 7% Mourvèdre, 5% Carignan, 7% Syrah The secret producers like Charvin wish you didn’t know is that their Cotes du Rhones are...

I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this wine since tasting a barrel sample last fall with the importer.  We loved the new cleaner packaging for a start, and the wine was sensational!  While the 2019 was remarkable,...

Offerus has been a PRIMA staple since its first vintage back in the late nineteen eighties.  Originally a negociant label, it was created by Hermitage icon Gerard Chave for his son Jean-Louis in order to raise his winemaking chops and to find a home...

2019 Paul Autard Cotes du Rhone Rouge  70% Grenache, 20 % Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre, 5% Muscardin  The wines of Paul Autard are no strangers to the shelves here at PRIMA Vini, nor to the cellars of many of our customers.  One...

 While one ordinarily thinks of the Cotes du Rhone, one thinks of the Grenache-based wines of the southern Rhone Valley.  This is not one of those.  Iconic winemaker Jean-Louis Chave, instead, uses the appellation as a catchment for the...

 The bluest of Chateauneuf du Pape bluebloods, the Vielles Vignes cuvee from Grand Veneur is, once again, the highest rated wine of a very, very fine vintage in the Southern Rhone. Established in the northern part of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, in...

We love old school Chateauneuf du Pape- wines with great aromatic complexity, layer upon layer of alluring fruit flavors and that essence of the unique soils on which the vines are grown.  We love them even better when they’ve been aged...

2019 Grand Veneur Cotes du Rhone 'Les Champauvins' 2022 was the year of the Cotes du Rhone at PRIMA!  It seems like everything we tried from either 2018 or 2019 was either delicious, well-priced or both!  It was really hard to pick a favorite...

 Man, these 2019 Rhone reds continue to really impress. This vintage seems to have produced a bevy of Grenache-based lovelies with not only nicely concentrated fruit without excessive alcohol (no mean feat these days) but also fresh, lifted...

Winery Notes:  The 2020 is very similar to the 2019 – the fruit was ripe and absolutely stunning. The resultant wine shows lush black fruit, it is rounded and fleshy with a salinity that calls for a fine steak. This wine has a short vatting...

Notre Dame des Pallieres Cotes du Rhone Les Rieus

PRIMA Notes: The 2015 Crozes-Hermitage featured here, Cuvée Ghany (named after their first-born son), is 100% Syrah, grown in the clay, limestone and rocky soils that are typical for this particular part of the appellation.  Fermented and...

"Aromatically very deep, with blackberry fruits emerging from the oak chrysalis along with lavender notes. So silky, juicy and fine. Massy, thick and chewy tannins. Dark, black fruit compote on the palate, but fully dry. Remarkable depth and darkness of...

Jeb Dunnuck:  95-97 Points The 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve Auguste Favier offers more kirsch and blackberry fruits as well as ample charcoal, earth, licorice, and spice nuances. It's full-bodied, incredibly concentrated, layered, and...