2016 Ferraton Cotes du Rhone Samorens, Rhone Valley

The 2016 Côtes du Rhône Samorens is a 50/50 split of Grenache and Syrah that’s completely unoaked and brought up all in concrete. Rounded, sexy and even voluptuous, with terrific purity in its black raspberry, violet and incense aromatics, this medium to full-bodied beauty has no hard edges, silky tannin and a great finish.

90-92 points Jeb Dunnuck jebdunnuck.com

The team at Ferraton continues to ratchet up the quality of their Southern Rhônes and these latest releases are all outstanding wines.

Falling under the Chapoutier umbrella, the quality at this tiny estate continues to soar. If you’re looking for solid bang for the buck, as well as classic, textbook characters of the Northern Rhone, you need to check out this wines. Offering lots to love, the 2016 Côtes du Rhône Samorens has lots of pepper and dark berry fruit to go with a medium to full-bodied, rich, nicely textured and mouth-filling style on the palate. Drink it over the coming 3-4 years.