The 2022 Tavel La Dame Rousse is on the lighter-hued side for Tavel, but it is still a full-bodied, full-flavored effort. A blend of 60% Grenache, 15% Cinsault, 15% Syrah and 10% Clairette, it offers up scents of crushed stone, alpine strawberries, watermelon and a touch of garrigue on the nose, while being pleasantly expansive and rich in the mouth, with a lingering, gently persistent finish.

The 2020 Tavel La Dame Rousse is 60% Grenache, 10% each Cinsault, Mourvèdre and Syrah, plus 5% each Bourboulenc and Clairette. The resulting wine offers enticing aromas of mixed red berries—strawberries, redcurrants and raspberries—plus hints of garrigue and lime. It's medium to full-bodied, silky in texture and long on the finish, with a lovely grace note of lime zest.

Perhaps a bit on the young side still when I tasted it in June, the 2018 Tavel La Dame Rousse comes across as slightly edgier and simpler than previous vintages. It's medium to full-bodied, with scents of pineapple and passion fruit, mere hints of red berries and a touch of astringency on the finish.

Crushed stone, lime and strawberries aromas appear on the nose of the 2017 Tavel La Dame Rousse. Plump and medium-bodied, it shows excellent concentration and admirable persistence on the finish. I've had better vintages of this wine, but it's remarkably consistent from year to year.

Continuing the march up the rosé quality ladder, the 2016 Tavel La Dame Rousse is a plump, medium to full-bodied wine bursting with melon, peach and berry notes. Drink this blend of six grapes over the next year or so.