Bronze medal for the 2021 vintage in 2024 DWWA -' An oaky style, with toast and smoke, integrated with dried red fruit and earthy notes and a smooth and seductive palate.'

Magnums are also available - please enquire. Not only does this look the part, it tastes the part too. Absolutely delicious with quite alot of oak giving texture and complexity. This knocks more famous names off their perches.

“A fruity and well-balanced cairanne with cherries, wild berries, warm herbs and baking spices. Medium body with crunchy berries. Fruity and vivid finish with excellent length. Grenache noir, syrah, mourvedre and carignan. Drink or hold.” 91pts. JamesSuckling.com (Aug 2023)

The Cairanne 2018 vintage won the hugely coveted Best Value Red Trophy in the Wine Merchant Top 100

“The 2016 Cairanne La Côte Sauvage offers lots of cedar and spice notes, as well as solid blackberry and cherry fruit, medium body, ripe tannin, and terrific balance. It has some obvious oak, but that should integrate with a year or two in bottle. It’s solid and well worth seeking out.” (88-90+ Points) Jed Dunnock

Boutinot is an international wine exporter with a number of wineries making excellent high-end wines for their own portfolio. Among these, their namesake Domaine Boutinot was established in 2010 in Carianne after a number of years making strong relationships with winemakers in the region. The wine is silky and smooth with sweet fruit notes. Despite the winery’s use of neutral French oak, toasted coconut and chocolate notes bring back memories of Mounds Bars, introducing a nice contrast to classic Rhône earthy terroir. Cairanne was upgraded to a named village AOC in 2016 after quality wines like this were challenging the likes of Gigondas and Vacqueyras.