If you’ve never had a wine from Cairanne, you’re missing out on one of the wine world’s greatest values. Having just achieved AOC status in 2016, these wines from the Southern Rhône are really delicious.
This particular wine is from Denis Alary who owns one of the best domaines in the region and was instrumental in the region’s rise to AOC status. The wines are typically concentrated and full-bodied GSM blends with notes of ripe black fruit and spice. Not overly complex but well balanced and well made. I think of them as something between a Gigondas and an aged Lirac. They can be drunk young as the tannins are usually ripe and smooth. Really fun wines to drink and very budget-friendly. 2015 vintage on Aug 8, 2018. — 7 years ago
@Vincent Alary-Paquette, Boris a fait une bulle avec du Chenin... Ça envoie ! — 10 years ago
Love this wine — 4 years ago
Complex and chewy — 5 years ago
Found in the tiniest wine shop in Avignon — 12 years ago
Really great. Wine Cask $22 — 4 years ago
Grenache blend with Syrah and Carignan. Dark and brambly, lush, lavender, baking spice and black pepper, stewed prunes, mineral tannins. 45-yr-old, organically farmed vines. NY Times 20 under $20, Feb. 2020. From Flatiron Wines. — 5 years ago
Delicious Clairette/Roussanne blend. — 9 years ago
Good nearly full body. Well integrated. Soft tannins. Nice finih — 11 years ago
Love this buttery chard — 11 years ago
Peter van den Besselaar
Vintage 2020 | My heart skips a beat like when I find a wine from a curious grape. Domaine Alary is situated in Cairanne and today I had the pleasure to meet Jean Etienne Alary. He makes this cuvée from the grape Counoise. It is very light (you could easily fool me and make me believe it is pinot or nebbiolo) and has a good structure. A pure pleasurewine. — 2 years ago