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The wines > Cairanne

• BOUTINOT
  

  LVT 2007 r British importer set up in 1980, cover the Cave de Tain in the Northern Rhône, for instance. Recently bought vineyards at Cairanne.

• CAVE DE CAIRANNE, CAMILLE CAYRAN
  

  LVT 2009 r Used to be a trendsetter, yes, in the 1970s. Some years in the wilderness. Respectable wines now. Whites are clear.

• CLOS DES MOURRES
  

  LVT 2009 r A domaine started in January, 2009. Ingrid`s grandfather had vineyards at Sarrians; she used to work in the export division of the Cave de Vacqueyras, and has her own export business aimed at Northern European countries such as Germany, NL and Denmark. Jean-Philippe comes from a fruit growing family at Bonnieux in the Low Alps, and used to sell winemaking materials. Their vineyards had not been treated with chemical products, but nor had they been closely looked after – the soils had not been worked, and the vines needed wire training. The domaine is converting to organic and biodynamic practices. A good first Cairanne vintage in 2009.

• DOMAINE ALARY
  

  LVT 2009 r wh Known as Domaine Denis & Daniel Alary until 2006. Top flight Cairannes, both red and white, from an old village family.

• DOMAINE ARMAND
  

  LVT 2009 r wh Promising

• DOMAINE BERTHET-RAYNE M & A
  

  LVT 2009 r 2010 wh Long-established Cairanne family, Michel being brother of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape family. Big wines. Good white in 2010, value.

• DOMAINE BOISSON
  

  LVT 2010 r 2009 wh Big, gutsy, traditional wines

• DOMAINE BRUSSET
  

  LVT 2010 r 2010 wh One of the two main wine families at Cairanne, a domaine I have known since the 1970s. The wines are cellar-led, forceful in style, and deliver plenty of punch. Good Gigondas from the high zones.

• DOMAINE CATHERINE LE GOEUIL
  

  LVT 2007 r Full wines that are no longer whole bunch fermented. Organic since 1999. Just one cuvée made since 2007, with no name attached.

• DOMAINE DE GALUVAL
  

  LVT 2009 r Honest, quite powerful wines. Also Rasteau, Châteauneuf. Vincent Moreau is the recent owner of the large Côtes du Rhône Château de Ruth as well.

• DOMAINE DE LA PRÉSIDENTE
  

  LVT 2010 r 2010 wh A sad story here, with the premature death of René Aubert in August 2008, after a cancer battle.

• DOMAINE DE LA TÊTE NOIRE
  

  LVT 2009 r Organic domaine run by two Belgian gentlemen. They started on their vineyards in January 2008, so that was their first vintage. They also make Vacqueyras, one oaked, one vat only. Worth keeping an eye on this domaine, where the style will be refined.

• DOMAINE DES AMADIEU
  

  LVT 2009 r Young couple, keep an eye on this domaine

• DOMAINE GROSSET
  

  LVT 2007 r Family domaine that sells most of its crop to the Cave de Cairanne, with 100 hl sold to Brotte at Châteauneuf-du-Pape for raising and bottling.

• DOMAINE LA VITALIS.
  

  LVT 2010 r The Jubain family have been bottling their own wine since the mid-2000s, and now have this name sold through the Languedoc Domaine Magellan. Robust, genuine.

• DOMAINE LES GRANDS BOIS
  

  LVT 2010 r 2007 wh Go-ahead domaine from Saint-Cécile; their profile has been raised thanks to their 10-hectares at Cairanne, the wine of which is sturdy and well-fruited. There is also a sound Rasteau. The Besnardeaus instincts are in the direction of making natural, local wine, which is cleaner than that of yesteryear.

• DOMAINE LES HAUTES CANCES
  

  LVT 2009 r 2010 wh Really traditional domaine, some extraordinary wines. Calling all lovers of classic Cornas . .

• DOMAINE ORATOIRE SAINT-MARTIN
  

  LVT 2010 r 2009 wh Leading name, STGT leanings, highly skilled commitment to quality in vineyard and cellar

• DOMAINE RABASSE CHARAVIN
  

  LVT 2009 r wh Mainstay domaine at Cairanne run by the tenacious Corinne Couturier and her daughter Laure, from the Charavin family. Long raising for these robust wines. Rasteau is good.

• DOMAINE ROCHE
  

  LVT 2010 r Ex Co-operateur. Extraction does not mean better wine. Early lessons to learn.

• DOMAINE SAINT-ANDÉOL
  

  LVT 2009 r Robust, sturdy goods

• MARCEL RICHAUD
  

  LVT 2008 r 2009 wh Talented man, ce Marcel! L`Ebrescade one of the great Cairannes. Always good fruit from these low intervention wines.