Domaine la Réméjeanne Côtes du Rhône Les Chèvrefeuilles Rouge 2023

Certified organic. This blend comes from hillside vines facing south and east with an average altitude of 250 metres, grown on loess/limestone soils. A combination of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Carignan, as well as some Marselan (from some old vines of a rarely seen crossing Olivier Klein likes for the acidity it brings to the blend), this is perhaps the spiciest Réméjeanne wine we ship. The grapes are sorted and mostly destemmed before natural fermentation in concrete tanks. The Carignan grapes, however, undergo carbonic maceration. There is little or no sulphur used during vinification, and the wine then spends a year in concrete before bottling.

Named after the honeysuckle tree, it’s a supple and airy southern Rhône with notes of mulberry, garrigue and cracked peppercorn, sinewy, gliding tannins—typical of the limestone-rich soils of Sabran—and a long, vibrantly perfumed finish. Olivier Klein describes the 2023 vintage as a beautiful year for the domaine’s reds, and the depth of the vintage is perfectly balanced by the wine’s evocatively bright and succulent close. As always, it offers terrific class and bang for the money.