2020 Domaine Laurent Charvin Cotes du Rhone Rouge ‘Le Poutet’ $27.99  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...