Rasteau, Cairanne & Vinsobres 2023: Report and top-scoring wines

Reductive nose, then full-bodied, intense and ripe on the palate, with lovely, spicy Syrah aromatics and a strict tannic weave. Good sense of tension and...

Soft, easy-going, juicy and ripe style of Rasteau, with good acid and tannic structure around ripe blackberry fruit. Great structure and freshness for a Grenache,...

Smooth, silky, ripe and juicy berry fruits. Lovely sense of purity, with very fine tannins and well-balanced acidity. Long, tapered finish, with no excess alcohol....

A full, ripe and rounded style. Surprisingly tannic for the vintage, this has quite a serious, textural force. Give it a year or so to...

Elegant Rasteau, with fine, light tannins and a fresh, herbal finish. Perfectly balanced and harmonious, this will be best drunk young, but no hurry. Supremely...

Compact, juicy style of Rasteau, slightly lacking in concentration, but has a lovely, peppery, floral side to the aromas. Very pure and elegant. A very...

An original and characterful style of Rasteau, not as wildly tannic as the domaine's Marnes Bleues. It has an interesting aromatic profile that sets it...

Full-bodied, spicy, ripe style, with liquorice, plum and Christmas spicing. Powerful spice elements from the oak, and there are serious, punchy oak tannins, too. Very...

Deep purple colour. A complex, promising nose of liquorice, cinnamon and woodsmoke. Concentrated but compact; only medium-bodied, but it has real intensity and a hugely...

A gorgeously fruity, ripe nose that combines strawberry and black cherry – very Grenache. Full, generous, ripe and juicy, this is archetypal Cairanne Grenache in...

Densely coloured, with a very intense, vibrant nose of liquorice and violets. Full-bodied, rich, creamy black cherry and blackberry fruit, really intensely flavoursome. Rich in...

Powerful, very concentrated and absolutely stuffed with ripe, dense and chewy tannins. A huge but athletic wine that will take years to come round, when...

Very ripe and really beautiful fruit expression. Full-bodied and powerful, showing huge black fruits, big, chewy tannins and searing acidity, making for a hulk of...

Strong cinnamon and smoky cigar tobacco. Very punchy tannins and very concentrated, with strong acidity – a seriously structured wine. Good freshness, no excess alcohol...

Punchy but elegant, with great purity of blueberry and blackberry fruit, and serious tannins, which are a touch dry and grainy. Balanced acidity and oak...