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• CAVE DE RASTEAU
  

  LVT 2010 r Large Cave Co-operative that has turned out robust wines over the years, in the middle league.

• DOMAINE BEAU MISTRAL
  

  LVT 2010 r 2008 wh Manly, full Rasteau wines, consistent quality at the top end. A name to watch.

• DOMAINE BRESSY MASSON
  

  LVT 2007 r Good, traditional wines. For over 40 years have produced a Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel with very long cask ageing, the Rasteau Rancio

• DOMAINE COMBE JULIÈRE
  

  LVT 2007 r Good recent own domaine name at Rasteau, an ex-Co-operateur whose father has been Mayor of Rasteau for 18 years. 1st bottling 2003.

• DOMAINE DE BEAURENARD
  

  LVT 2007 r Modern, smoothly fruited Rasteau, the top wine overtly oaked

• DOMAINE DE LA GIRARDIÈRE
  

  LVT 2007 VDN Rasteau

• DOMAINE DES BANQUETTES
  

  LVT 2008 r wh rosé Patrice left the Cave de Rasteau in 2002, but still sends some crop there. Promising. Excellent Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel.

• DOMAINE DES COTEAUX DES TRAVERS
  

  LVT 2009 r wh Unpretentious, grass roots quality, robust style of wine

• DOMAINE DES ESCARAVAILLES
  

  LVT 2010 wh 2009 rosé Rather full-on reds, but sound whites, and a name in the leading ranks of Rasteau, including the Grenache Vin Doux Naturel

• DOMAINE DU TRAPADIS
  

  LVT 2009 r Rather acclaimed domaine, but I have often found the wines extracted, leaning towards heat. The Vin Doux Naturel is worth a look.

• DOMAINE ELODIE BALME
  

  LVT 2010 r These are promising wines, delivered in soft, floral-scented style. Not yet 25, Elodie is a cousin of Robert Charavin and of the Durand family at Domaine du Trapadis, while Corinne Couturier is the first cousin of her mother. Quite a local pedigree, therefore. Topped up by which, she spent time as a student at Domaine Marcel Richaud. Elodie`s father is a Co-operateur at both the Roaix and the Rasteau Co-operatives.

• DOMAINE GOURT DE MAUTENS
  

  LVT 2008 r 2009 wh 2006 VDN Remarkable, out of the loop estate with extremely passionate owner. It was created in 1996 when Jerome was 23 years old, his father a Co-operateur at Rasteau. Since 1988-89 Jerome insisted on it being an organic domaine, and since 2008 it is biodynamic. Yields have always been tiny – 12-15 hl/ha. Jerome does not work with an oenologue. Very precise wines, some STGT qualities, too. Expensive, high quality wines.

• DOMAINE GRAND NICOLET
  

  LVT 2009 r Good, hearty wines with some local imprint. Some oak use since 2005

• DOMAINE GRANGE BLANCHE
  

  LVT NV Vin Doux Naturel

• DOMAINE LA COLLIÈRE
  

  LVT 2009 r Early 2000s set-up at Rasteau. Powerful style of wines. After renting space from La Soumade from 2003, Georges Perrot has his own operation. He started with 5 hectares of rented vineyards. The original 1 hectare was enlarged to 20 hectares in 2009 thanks to his father-in-law Michel Bommenel, the President of the Cave de Rasteau. Philippe Cambie is the consultant oenologue. Georges Perrot did a variety of jobs in his twenties – boilermaking, hairdressing, swimming pool attendant, the hospital at Valréas.

• DOMAINE LA SOUMADE
  

  LVT 2009 r Leading name at Rasteau. André Romero has never been a man for a quiet life, and over the decades has frequently changed his vinification as he has sought styles of the time. After a strong extraction phase in the 1990s, he has finally settled down since 2002 in the company of more finesse, albeit at high degree, under the eye of his advisor, Bordeaux-based Stéphane Derenoncourt, one of the best Bordeaux exports.