(2024) This unoaked blend of 50% Carignan, 23% Mourvèdre, 23% Grenache and 4% Syrah comes from 50-year-old vines in Boutenac, one of the prime terroirs of Corbières. It is certified organic. There's an interesting combination of fresh, pomegranate and cherry/floral aromas balanced by a deeper undercurrent of something plummy and black-fruited. In the mouth the flood of abundant sweet, fleshy and ripe black fruit fill the mid-palate, a real hedonistic mouthful of luscious and deep fruit. The tannins here are genuinely soft and silky, with the acid balancing nicely into a gentle, long finish.

(2023) This is 50% Grenache with equal parts Syrah and Carignan made in concrete tank - it weighs in with 15% alcohol declared on the label. So much creamy black fruit, violet-scented but concentrated black fruit that is plush and inviting. The palate has all that plushness again, chocolaty and ripe and sweet black fruit, but it really does have freshness from the clay-limestone soil, a precise finish with smooth, chocolaty tannins and pert acidity.

(2022) This Languedoc blend is only the second vintage of the cuvée, which is 40% Syrah, 40% Mourvèdre and 20% Grenache, partly barrel-matured. There's a depth and suggestion of sumptuous richness on the nose. Glossy, but also meaty and deep, there's some cedar over dark berry fruit, a wisp of violet lift too. In the mouth it is a beautifully-pitched wine, flooded with ripe and succulent berries, but a firm, slightly gravelly and spicy background adds savoury grip. There's real juiciness here, a little salty note to the acidity and fine but firm tannins give a long finish. Imported by Daniel Lambert Wines. Price and stockist quoted at time of review are for the 2019 vintage.

(2022) 100-year-old Carignan is the basis of this blend, made with partial carbonic maceration. Again a dark, glossy and pure crimson-black, with  a gorgeous nose, silky and plush with black fruits, a plum and cherry character, touched with graphite and old polished wood. The palate shows that bright, full and ripe creamy black fruit, some liquorice and a bittersweet twist of endive gives lovely freshness and balance into a long and pure finish in a lovely wine.

(2018) Here we have 98% Syrah, from 35-year-old vines in Montpeyroux, harvested at just 20hl/ha - a very, very low yield and only 6,000 bottles produced. This cuvée spends eight months in oak barrels from Nièvre. Another densely-hued wine, the ramping up of concentration is noticeable immediately, dark, tightly-wound aromas of damson plum, peppercorn and liquorice, muscular and dense, but with a glimpse of brighter raspberry and violet, a wisp of curling bonfire smoke. Super stuff in the mouth: such a beautifully slick but firm and grippy, youthful palate, etched by its acidity and tannin framework, but the effortless concentration of fruit suggesting significant ageing potential too.

(2018) "Almost 100% Syrah," according to the back label, this comes from 60-year-old vines planted clay-limestone soils. Again the yield is tiny, and the wine was vinified in new Alliers oak. Côte Dorée is a special selection and limited release, and though this 2011 is currently unavailable from Ten Acre Wines, the 2013 is listed at £19.95. If the Côte Rousse is dark, deep and sensuous, then at seven years of age this is all that and more: a deep pool of polished black fruits and spices, again we have that tiny lift of pepper and floral character, but it's a hugely tightly-wound wine that needs a little air and/or a little time. In the mouth the age has softened the edges, but still this is a concentrated, ripe but bittersweet melange of black fruits, savoury meatiness, and tangy cherry skin acidity that keeps the finish fresh and lip-tingling. A huge wine in its way, but with 13.5% alcohol and perfect balance, deeply impressive. The Rousse has a little more light and shade, this is a walk further into the dark side.

(2011) The red blend for 2008 is 55% Carignan, 35% Syrah and 10% Grenache Noir and the wine is aged for 18 months in demi-muids - large, 600-litre barrels. It has a very fresh, crimson colour and a delightful nose, the ripe summer berry fruit aromas melding with touches of smokiness and tobacco, and an almost imperceptible gamey nuance. On the palate it is quite a substantial wine. Medium- to full-bodied and with a creamy texture, 14% alcohol perhaps adds to the slippery texture, and there's a taut spine of tannin and acidity at the core. But the fruit - sweet, but tight and a little lighter than the 2008 - is sharp and focused into the long, lightly-spiced finish.