French Red Wine between $25 and $50

From the 10-acre La Rochelle vineyard this powerful wine offers ripe tannins and solid black fruits seasoned with black pepper. It has a fine future. Drink from 2024. Roger Voss

This is a big-hearted wine ripe with both black-plum flavors and generous tannins. At this stage the structure is prominent but with the weight of the fruits the wine will balance out full ripe and ready to drink from 2026. Roger... Read More

The special cuvee the stunning 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve Sixtine is a blend of 50% Grenache 30% Syrah and 20% Mourvedre aged in equal parts small barrels and neutral wood foudres. An elegant effort with freshness yet tremendous... Read More

Black raspberries spring flowers minty herbs and hints of white pepper all emerge from the 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape and it's medium to full-bodied with a layered elegant mouthfeel ultra-fine tannins and a great finish. Fermented... Read More

This cuvee was bottled unfined and unfiltered so expect some sediment to develop in the bottle. Domaine l'Aigueliere has produced two limited production luxury cuvees that are too expensive to qualify as best buys but both... Read More

Considerably more concentrated and tannic than the main cuvée Faury's 2019 Saint Joseph Vieilles Vignes comes from 40- to 60-year-old vines in Chavanay. It's medium to full-bodied and loaded with black olives and blackberries... Read More