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Domaine Beaurenard
Domaine de Beaurenard has been
a family-run estate for eight
generations. Today, brothers
Daniel & Frédéric Coulon and
Daniel’s sons Victor and Antonin
are dedicated to produce the most
essential expressions of this
historic region, long sought-after
by discerning collectors and
enthusiasts around the globe.
SOUTHERN RHÔNE Domaine de Beaurenard has been
If Syrah is the big boy of the North, Grenache is the King in the South and forms the foundation producing certified biodynamic
of the area’s popular blends. The wines of the Southern Rhône are arguably France’s most user- wines on more than 80 acres of
this celebrated terroir since 2010.
friendly and crowd-pleasing. It is an important source of AC wine, and according to Jancis Domaine de Beaurenard is also
Robinson, offers a warmer, richer, spicier answer to the dry austerity of AC Bordeaux. The wines established in the up and coming
of the southern Rhône are France's most alcoholic, with 14-15% by no means uncommon (and no Rasteau Appellation with 60 acres
chaptalisation, or extra alcohol from added sugar, is allowed this far south). While Côtes du and in Côtes du Rhône. They also
make a lovely biodunamic
Rhône can come from a vast area of around 56,000 ha (140,000 acres) around the southern end of negociant wine called Biotiful
the French Rhône Valley, Côtes du Rhône-Villages comes from a tightly defined area an eighth Fox.
as big on particularly suitable land north and west of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Some Côtes du
Rhône is vinified using the Beaujolais carbonic maceration technique to yield juicy, fruity wines
for whom life is short but an increasing proportion is made to last a few years in bottle and can be Chêne Bleu
great value. Among the hundreds of Côtes du Rhône-Villages producers, however, are many with Isolated and protected, high in a
even greater ambitions for their wines, which are made to develop for five and sometimes more mountain saddle, Chêne Bleu is
years in bottle. With maximum permitted yields a good sixth lower than those allowed for Côtes located in the foothills of Mont
Ventoux, 550 to 630 meters
du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône-Villages is one of France's best-value appellations, perhaps because (1,800 to 2,000 feet) above sea
promotion prospects are so obvious. level, on the northern slopes of a
spectacular limestone
outcropping known as the
Dentelles de Montmirail (from the
Domaine de Beaurenard wilsondaniels.com Latin for “Lace of Marvelous
Mountains”). The 135-hectare
(also see Châteauneuf-du-Pape) (340-acre) estate has existed since
Famille Coulon Biotiful Fox Rouge 2018 $191.90 the ninth century, but was
purchased by Xavier and Nicole
Rolet in 1993. They revived and
Domaine de Beaurenard Rasteau 2017 $275.90 90WS replanted the vineyards, built a
Domaine de Beaurenard Les Argiles Bleues Rasteau 2017 $431.90 state-of-the-art multi-level winery
and converted to biodynamic
viticulture.

Chêne Bleu wilsondaniels.com E. Guigal
Chêne Bleu Rosé IGP Vaucluse 2018 (6pk) $179.90 93VN In the Southern Rhône, Guigal
buys only wine, and with a
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Chêne Bleu Héloïse, Vin de Pays du Vaucluse 2014 (6pk) *please inquire they do not have a single
Chêne Bleu Abélard, Vin de Pays du Vaucluse 2014 (6pk) *please inquire contract. Marcel and Philippe
taste relentlessly – typically 200
Chêne Bleu Aliot, Vin de Pays du Vaucluse 2014 (6pk) *please inquire wines a day before 8:30am, 7 days
a week – and start from scratch
every year. In a given year, they
will purchase the top 1% of the
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(also prolific in the Northern Rhône) region.
E. Guigal Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc 2018 $179.90
Le Charmel
E. Guigal Côtes-du-Rhône Rosé 2019 $179.90 Le Charmel was created by
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E. Guigal Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge 2018 $167.90 collaboration with their partners
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range encompasses exceptional
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Le Charmel Rhône Rouge Costères de Nîmes 2017 $107.90 and value. Le Charmel wines
come from sustainably farmed
vineyards.

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