Boutinot 'Les Coteaux' Cotes du Rhone Villages (France)

A consistent crowd pleaser, this smooth and velvety blend of Grenache and Syrah boasts brambly fruit flavours, underpinned by a hint of cinnamon and a deft touch of sweet spice.

Common practice in the Côtes du Rhône is to bottle the best cuvées as a single, named, village wine and the rest as more basic Côtes du Rhône Villages. Boutinot’s philosophy, on the other hand, is to start with the intention of making the very best Côtes du Rhône Villages possible by sourcing wine from the vineyards of named villages, and enriching them with a small proportion of barrel-aged wine from Sablet and Séguret. Boutinot's Côtes du Rhône Villages 'Les Coteaux' is therefore a selection of the best Grenache Noir and Syrah from some of the 17 named Côtes du Rhône Villages. They source wine from a number of growers with exceptional terroir and so have the flexibility to select only the very best fruit each vintage. Mostly unoaked, a small proportion (15%) is part-aged for up to 20 months in a few new, but mostly older, oak barrels to bring depth and subtle notes of complexity.