Vibrant red tasted in 2025

The selected vibrant bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. I would consider doing so even with a 50 percent mark-up. (My criteria are explained here.)

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2025 (between April and December). The tasting notes are listed by increasing prices, with the following format:

Appellation – producer – plot or brand – variety

Approximate price — vintage — general impression – on nose – on palate – after swallowing

Vin de France — Domaine Navarre — Vin d’Œillades, (œillade, une variété de cinsault, grains plus allongés) (macération carbonique) — (schistes bruns) [sulfite total : 30 mg/l]

11 € — 2024 — red fruit – red fruit, juicy, incisive, balanced acidity

Pécharmant — Vincent Alexis – Barouillet

15 € — 2022 — red fruit – red fruit

Terre Siciliane — Azienda agricola COS — Frappato

22 € — 2023 — red fruit – red fruit, juicy, refreshing

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