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. You may look up the availability of wines if you enter a location name in the search box at the top of the page.

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]

10 € — 2024 — red fruit – red fruit, juicy, incisive, balanced acidity

Pécharmant — Vincent Alexis – Barouillet

13 € — 2022 — red fruit – red fruit

Terre Siciliane — Azienda agricola COS — Frappato

19 € — 2023 — red fruit – red fruit, juicy, refreshing

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