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The wines > Plan de Dieu

• CHÂTEAU LA COURANÇONNE
  

  LVT 2010 r 2010 wh Good, sound reds, and very food-friendly whites that can age. Good Séguret red.

• CHÂTEAU SAINT JEAN
  

  LVT 2009 r Younger generation adding finesse to the wines. Good balance in 2009, a hot year, is an example. The Gabriel Meffre descendants here.

• DOMAINE DE L`ESPIGOUETTE
  

  LVT 2010 r Authentic wines, plenty of power off the Plan de Dieu. Son Julien, 27 yrs in 2011, has harvested in NZ, and has been on the domaine since 2009. New vineyards at Gigondas since 2009, at Rasteau since 2011.

• DOMAINE DU VIEUX CHÊNE
  

  LVT 2009 r 2010 wh I used to buy these in 1990s (from Justerinis, who no longer imprt them) - the two red Côtes du Rhônes. Well-structured, long-lived, authentic edge of the Plan de Dieu wines. Organic, real non-intervention approach. Then for some reason extraction became an issue. Jury out.

• DOMAINE HERVÉ BESSAC
  

  LVT 2007 r Young grower near Violès, shows promise with both his wines, the Côtes and the Plan de Dieu. Manly style, full-on.

• DOMAINE LES APHILLANTHES
  

  LVT 2010 r 2009 wh A big STGT runner. This is a domaine well worth investigating - full, genuine and punchy wines, really exemplary. Daniel Boulle is an ex Co-operateur. Biodynamic since the late 2000s.

• DOMAINE MARTIN
  

  LVT 2010 A domaine I have known since the 1970s - genuine wines. Now make a respectable Rasteau.

• DOMAINE SAINT-PIERRE
  

  LVT 2009 r 2007 wh Traditional, robust, praiseworthy wines that beyond the Côtes du Rhônes include good Plan de Dieu and Vacqueyras. A name I have followed since the early 1970s.

• LA BASTIDE SAINT VINCENT
  

  LVT 2010 r Good source of Gigondas. Robust wines, have been a bit hot in the past. Son Laurent, now in early 40s, returned to the domaine in 2000 after a commercial job. Have a wide spread of vineyards.

• LA FERME SAINT ANTONIN
  

  LVT 2009 r Progress on the 2009 Plan de Dieu red. High Mourvèdre use unusual.