Already bottled, the 2015 C?tes du Rh?ne (100% Grenache) is medium-bodied and juicy, with plenty of Bing cherry, blueberry and strawberry aromas and flavors. It’s a rounded, fruit-forward 2015 to drink in its youth.

In addition to their Chateauneuf du Papes, Baptiste releases a bevy of superb Cotes du Rhones. A fleshy, fruit-loaded effort that delivers on all account, Cristia’s 2012 Cotes du Rhone offers up plenty of underbrush, sweet raspberry, mint, currant and licorice aromas and flavors to go with a soft, supple mouth feel that’s hard to resist. I don’t think it will make old bones, but it’s a superb Cotes du Rhone that will dish out plenty of pleasure over the coming 2-3 years. Drink now-2016. Baptiste Grangeon continues to produce a terrific lineup of wines, both in Chateauneuf du Pape and with his Cotes du Rhone negociant labels. While they can release three Chateauneufs in top vintages (a tradition cuvee, a Cuvee Renaissance which incorporates a heft chunk of Mourvedre and sees barrel aging, and a Grenache-dominated Vieilles Vignes that’s aged in older wood and tank), they only produced a single cuvee in 2011 and did not produce a cuvee Renaissance in 2012. Importers: Wine Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; tel. (800) 331-2829; Galaxy Wine Co., Portland, OR; tel. (503) 248-9493; George Molitor, Fine Vines, LLC, Melrose Park, IL; tel. (708) 343-6702; David Bowler Wine (212) 807-1680; ABC Fine Wines and Spirits, Orlando, FL; tel. (407) 851-0000

The medium ruby-colored 2009 Cotes du Rhone (100% Grenache aged entirely in concrete) displays soft, round berry and cherry flavors and silky tannins. It is best drunk over the next several years. I don’t think anyone would disagree that young proprietors Dominique and Baptiste Grangeon are among the up-and-coming stars in Chateauneuf du Pape. This is another biodynamically farmed vineyard, and the Grangeons have been on fire qualitatively for the last five to six years. The 2007s were probably the strongest vintage overall that I have tasted from them, but 2005 was also brilliant at Cristia, and 2009 looks exceptionally strong as well. Cristia also turns out very fine Cotes du Rhones that sell for a song, and the 2009s are all in bottle.Importers: Wine Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; tel. (800) 331-2829; Galaxy Wine Co., Portland, OR; tel. (503) 248-9493; George Molitor, Fine Vines, LLC, Melrose Park, IL; tel. (708) 343-6702; Wine Symphony, New York NY; tel. (212) 226-8283; ABC Fine Wines and Spirits, Orlando, FL; tel. (407) 851-0000