An inexpensive introduction to just how beautiful a Charvin offering can be is the gorgeous, value-priced Cotes du Rhone Les Poutet, a 3,000-case cuvee made from about 80% Grenache, and the rest Carignan and Syrah. Made in a similar style to the 2001, the 2000 Cotes du Rhone Les Poutet is a natural, unmanipulated product of its vineyard. Anticipated maturity: now-2007.
Importer: Peter Weygandt, Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800