| Category | Name | Rating | | Notes |
| Red blend | Aires Hautes Minervois | 4 | | Great perfume and style. Deep and black-fruited with a lot of fine tannin. An excellent wine needing a little more time to really shine. Flavors: allspice berry dried herbs peppery. |
| Red blend | Caves du Mont Tauch Fitou Château de Ségure | 3 | | Some really good fruit here but a lot of chewy tannin too a couple of years might help. Flavors: allspice berry dusty earthy. |
| Red blend | Caves du Mont Tauch Fitou Terroir de Tuchan | 3.5 | | Full and sturdy with lots of sweet ripe fruit. May reveal more depth with age. Flavors: berry black pepper plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Cellier des Templiers Collioure Abbaye de Valbonne | 3.5 | | Typical Roussillon character not big yet but nicely concentrated with some elegance. Just needs a little longer before drinking. Flavors: berry cherry plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Cellier des Templiers Collioure Château des Abelles | 3.5 | | Flavors: blackberry dried herbs spicy. |
| Red blend | Château d' Esclans Côtes de Provence Carbase | 3 | | Plenty of intensity but a slightly harsh under-ripe aspect detracts from the wine as a whole. Flavors: berry spicy tar. |
| Grenache | Château d' Esclans Côtes de Provence Grebase Rouge | 3 | | Full broad and powerful but seems a bit hollow. Flavors: herbal peppery strawberry. |
| Mourvedre | Château d' Esclans Côtes de Provence Mourbase | 3 | | Promising with some sweet berry fruit and an attractive herbal character but a little harsh on the finish. Flavors: berry black pepper herbal spicy. |
| White blend | Château d' Esclans Côtes de Provence Svala Blanc | 3 | | Nicely rounded forward fruit with a touch of oak. Good but a little simple and one-dimensional. Flavors: apple melon peach toast. |
| Red blend | Château de Caladroy Côtes du Roussillon-Villages Les Grenats | 3.5 | | Lovely Roussillon character stylish and balanced. Flavors: blackberry cedar peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Château de Caladroy Côtes du Roussillon-Villages Les Schistes | 3.5 | | Attractive perfumed ripe and fruit filled if a little forward and showy. Drink now but will keep a year or two. Flavors: berry plum spicy toast. |
| White blend | Château de Fonscolombe Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Blanc Cuvée Spéciale | 3 | | Attractively perfumed fresh and nicely balanced. Flavors: apple flint nutty pear spicy. |
| Red blend | Château de Fonscolombe Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Rouge Cuvée Spéciale | 3 | | Shows good ripe forward fruit but could use a little bit more stuffing. Flavors: berry peppery plum. |
| Red blend | Château de Jau Côtes du Roussillon-Villages Talon Rouge | 3.5 | | Polished stylish red with intense ripe fruit and good structure. Flavors: black cherry black pepper plum raisin spicy. |
| White blend | Château de Lascaux Coteaux du Languedoc Les Pierres d' Argent Blanc | 3.5 | | Lovely mix of herbs fruit and spice full and balanced this wine has style and intensity. Flavors: apricot peach. |
| Red blend | Château de Lastours Corbières Cuvée Boisée | 3 | | Light sweet red berry fruit. Simple uncomplicated yet attractive. Ready now. Flavors: berry peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Château de Lastours Corbières Cuvée Simone Descamps Rouge | 2.5 | | Fair fruit and herbal character but some sulphides too. Needs to be fuller and cleaner. Flavors: peppery plum spicy. |
| White blend | Château de Nages Costières de Nimes Blanc Cuvée Joseph Torres | 3.5 | | Rich peachy nutty fruit but also somewhat developed with a slightly lean tangy finish. Flavors: herbal melon nutty peach. |
| White blend | Château de Nages Costières de Nimes Blanc Réserve du Château | 3 | | Dry fresh and characterful with plenty of zip. Flavors: citrus melon mineral nutty. |
| Red blend | Château de Nages Costières de Nimes Cuvée Joseph Torres Rouge | 3 | | Good rich almost exotic black fruit aromas and a raisined almost porty character. Distinctive if unusual but needs to soften up a little. Flavors: black pepper blackberry plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Château de Nages Costières de Nimes Réserve du Château | 3.5 | | Ripe spicy well-made southern French red with a good core of ripe black fruit. Flavors: black pepper blackberry plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Château de Pibarnon Bandol | 4 | | Big deep intense and powerful. A lot of tannins but just balanced. Needs 3-5 years. Flavors: berry raspberry spicy. |
| Red blend | Château de Pibarnon Bandol | 4 | | Rich powerful and tannic. Do not drink now cellar for a decade. Flavors: blackberry raspberry spicy. |
| White blend | Château de Pibarnon Bandol Blanc | 3 | | Old-style but ripe and flavoursome lacking the extra concentration for a higher score but good. Flavors: mineral peach pear quince spicy. |
| Red blend | Château de Pradeaux Bandol | 4 | | Complex elegant Bandol with relatively soft tannins. Perhaps indicative of a lighter vintage but plenty of style. Flavors: blackberry dried herbs raspberry. |
| White blend | Château des Gavelles Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Blanc | 3 | | Fat oily clean and dry with reasonable fruit. Flavors: flint mineral pear. |
| Red blend | Château des Gavelles Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Rouge | 2.5 | | Simple and lean with some angular tannin on the finish. Needs to be richer and riper. Flavors: berry herbal spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Grand Moulin Corbières Vieilles Vignes | 2.5 | | Some reasonable red berry fruit intensity here but a bit tough. Needs to be richer and riper may soften with a bit more age. Flavors: berry herbal spicy. |
| White blend | Château l' Euzière Coteaux du Languedoc Blanc | 3 | | Big full southern French white wine. Good weight and texture but slightly coarse and astringent on the finish. Flavors: citrus mineral nutty peach. |
| Red blend | Château l' Euzière Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St Loup Cuvée Tradition | 2.5 | | Some reasonable spicy red berry fruit but altogether too lean and green. Flavors: berry peppery. |
| White blend | Château La Bastide Corbières Blanc | 3 | | Deep spicy ripe and complex but quite extracted with some astringency and a bit overdone. Flavors: apple lemon nutty spicy. |
| Red blend | Château la Bastide Corbières Optimée | 3.5 | | Intense and black fruited. Characterful but needs another 3 years of cellaring. Flavors: allspice berry peppery. |
| Red blend | Château La Moutete Côtes de Provence Rouge Vieilles Vignes | 3 | | Good ripe blackberry and herbal fruit combined with fine tannin. Needs a bit more age. Flavors: berry black pepper meaty plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Château les Palais Corbières Cuvée Randolin Vieilles Vignes | 3.5 | | Creamy full supple red with impressive fruit and a touch of oak. Flavors: black cherry blackberry peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Château les Palais Corbières Cuvée Tradition | 3 | | Lively even a bit aggressive at present but there is some good peppery fruit underneath. Needs another year or two. Flavors: berry plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Mansenoble Corbières Montagne D' Alaric | 2.5 | | The aroma is spoiled by sulphides though there is reasonable sweet berry fruit in the mouth. Flavors: berry spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Mansenoble Corbières Réserve Mansenoble | 3.5 | | Youthful slightly disjointed but has an attractive black fruit and herb character. Good depth should turn chocolatey and cherryish. Flavors: blackberry cherry chocolate oak peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Pech-Latt Corbières Cuvée Alix | 3.5 | | A deep dark black-fruited centre to this full and succulent red. Good promising Languedoc wine. Flavors: fruitcake oak plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Pech-Latt Corbières Sélection Vieilles Vignes | 3 | | Bright medium weight wine with real berry fruit. Finishes a bit short and harsh not bad but not special either. Flavors: berry peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Pech-Latt Corbières Tradition | 2.5 | | Decent enough blackberry fruit but the wine becomes slightly metallic and quite harsh with prolonged opening. Flavors: berry metallic. |
| Red blend | Château Planères Côtes du Roussillon | 3 | | Ripe round soft attractive wine not hugely exciting but enjoyable. Flavors: berry black cherry peppery plum. |
| White blend | Château Planères Côtes du Roussillon Cuvée La Romanie Blanc | 2.5 | | A bit past its best broad slightly oxidized but still has some attractive fruit. Flavors: nutty peach spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Planères Côtes du Roussillon Cuvée La Romanie Rouge | 3 | | Good forward ripe plummy classic red wine with balanced supple tannins. Flavors: berry oak plum. |
| Red blend | Château Planères Côtes du Roussillon Cuvée Prestige Rouge | 3 | | Light and slightly hard at present but has the intensity to suggest that it will fatten up and soften with another year or two. Flavors: berry peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Routas Coteaux Varois Agrippa | 4 | | A classic Provençal-style red overflowing with deep ripe fruit and earthy notes. At this price pick up a few bottles to enjoy now and a few more to cellar. It's a winner. Flavors: black pepper blackberry leather peppery plum spicy. |
| Carignane | Château Routas Coteaux Varois Carignane | 3.5 | | Very red fruit scented almost dried red fruits ripe supple and well-balanced. Flavors: cherry plum spicy vanilla. |
| White blend | Château Routas Coteaux Varois Cuvée Coquelicot | 3.5 | | Good intense delightfully perfumed style with a fine balance of ripe fruit and oak. Flavors: citrus lemon peach spicy toasted nuts. |
| Red blend | Château Routas Coteaux Varois Cuvée Infernet | 3 | | Ripe savoury and reasonably mature yet there is a bit too much tannin on the finish. Flavors: berry mineral spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Routas Coteaux Varois Cyrano | 3.5 | | Lush quite seductive herb-scented southern French red. Flavors: chocolate herbal peppery plum spicy. |
| White blend | Château Routas Cuvée Pyramus | 3 | | Attractive gently creamy style with spice and good fruit. Ready to drink. Flavors: buttery peach pear spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Routas Wild Boar | 3 | | Plenty of attractive southern French character. Not particularly complex or concentrated but fruity and well-made. Flavors: berry peppery spicy. |
| White blend | Château Simone Palette Blanc | 3.5 | | Rich very distinctive characterful wine quite developed but well-balanced. Flavors: citrus nutty peach toast. |
| Red blend | Château Simone Palette Rouge | 3.5 | | Lots of deep savory Provençal character. It's quite tannic but very good. Flavors: berry mint peppery plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Château Vannières Bandol | 3.5 | | Rich powerful example of Bandol but massively tannic. Give it some time. Flavors: berry oak plum toast. |
| Red blend | Château Villerambert-Julien Minervois | 3.5 | | Good quality young red wine. Intense and characterful even better in another year or two. Flavors: berry blackberry plum smoky. |
| Red blend | Clos Bagatelle Saint Chinian La Gloire De Mon Père | 3.5 | | Very modern round oak dominated red but stylishly perfumed. Needs a couple of years to better integrate its tannins. Flavors: blackberry peppery plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Clos Bagatelle Saint Chinian Sélection | 3 | | Nice style but needs to be softer and rounder a couple more years should do it. Flavors: herbal oak peppery toast. |
| Red blend | Clos de Paulilles Collioure | 3 | | Ripe round with good fruit intensity. Lacks the substance of the best Roussillon reds but is acceptable nonetheless. Flavors: berry eucalyptus herbal. |
| Chardonnay | Domaine Capion Vin de Pays d'Oc Chardonnay | 3 | | Pleasant tasty well-made Chardonnay. Flavors: apple melon mineral peach. |
| Syrah | Domaine Capion Vin de Pays Syrah | 3.5 | | A bit oaky but ripe intense fruit to match. Slightly coarse tannins detected but give it the benefit of a couple more years age. Flavors: allspice black pepper blackberry. |
| Red blend | Domaine Cazes Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes Le Credo | 3.5 | | Reasonably developed southern French red. Has some style if a little over-oaked. Flavors: berry cherry spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine d' Aupilhac Coteaux du Languedoc Montpeyroux Rouge | 2.5 | | Some good fruit here but a slightly tough edge to it. Flavors: berry spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine de Casenove Côtes du Roussillon Cuvée François Jaubert Rouge | 4 | | Still very youthful but powerful rich and intense. Quite structured but should be very good with another 5 years or more. Flavors: allspice blackberry peppery. |
| Red blend | Domaine de Casenove Côtes du Roussillon Tradition Rouge | 3 | | A relatively light wine with attractive herbs and spicy southern French fruit character. Flavors: herbal plum toast. |
| Pinot Noir | Domaine de l' Aigle Vin de Pays d' Oc Terres Rouges | 3.5 | | Spicy strawberryish Pinot at the riper end of the spectrum. Stylish and well-balanced. Flavors: berry cherry spicy toast. |
| Red blend | Domaine de l' Arjolle Vin de Pays des Côtes de Thongue Cabernet | 3 | | Plenty of character and black fruit intensity but just a bit too tannic. Might merit a higher score with a couple of years age. Flavors: blackberry peppery plum spicy. |
| White blend | Domaine de l' Arjolle Vin de Pays des Côtes de Thongue Equinoxe | 3.5 | | Perfumed attractive stylish wine. Intense and tangy. Should keep a little longer. Flavors: citrus peach peach spicy toasted nuts. |
| Red blend | Domaine de l' Hermitage Bandol Rouge | 3.5 | | Intense compact cherry Bandol. Needs at least a couple more years to show at its best. Flavors: berry cedar cherry spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine de l' Hortus Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St Loup Classique | 3 | | Attractively fruity and perfumed red fuller and richer with another year or two. Flavors: berry black pepper spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine de l' Hortus Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St Loup Grande Cuvée | 4 | | Deep intense and youthful Southern French red. Already very good but will improve given time. Flavors: allspice berry black cherry cinnamon plum toast. |
| Red blend | Domaine de la Tour-Boisée Minervois Cuvée Marie-Claude | 3.5 | | Intense full with lots of black fruit depth. Marked tannin but good potential. Cellar for 3-4 years. Flavors: berry peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine de la Tour-Boisée Minervois Marielle & Fréderique | 3.5 | | Powerful vigorous with an old vine fruit intensity. Needs another 3-4 years. Flavors: blackberry plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine de la Tour-Boisée Vin de Pays d'Oc | 3 | | Intense and black-fruited with an old vine character. Needs to be a touch cleaner but could be good in a couple of years. Flavors: blackberry blackberry oak smoky tar toast. |
| Red blend | Domaine de Marfée Côteaux de Languedoc Les Champs Murmurés | 3.5 | | Very rich powerful but tannic wine. Flavors: black pepper blackberry spicy spicy toast. |
| Red blend | Domaine de Molines Réserve Merlot-Cabernet | 2.5 | | Some good fruit but a slighly green under-ripe component too. Needs to be riper and better balanced. Flavors: berry black pepper spicy. |
| Sauvignon Blanc | Domaine de Molines Réserve Sauvignon Blanc | 2 | | Marked by dusty green wood and earthy aromas. Flavors: apple earthy. |
| Red blend | Domaine de Terrebrune Bandol | 4 | | Deep attractive aromas that are classically Provençal. Very powerful deep balanced and intense. Can be aged for at least another 5 years. Flavors: allspice raspberry. |
| White blend | Domaine de Terrebrune Bandol Blanc | 2.5 | | Quite an old fashioned oxidized style. Lacks any real dimension and seems past its best. Flavors: caramel nutty spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine de Terres Blanches Les Baux de Provence Cuvée Aurelia | 3.5 | | Good perfume and fruit intensity relatively fine but appreciable tannins. Give it a year or two of cellaring. Flavors: berry black pepper plum. |
| Red blend | Domaine des Béates Coteaux d'Aix Terra d' Or | 4 | | Intense oaky and full of sweet fruit. Modern and powerful but needs time to completely integrate. Flavors: allspice blackberry oak plum toast. |
| Red blend | Domaine du Deffends Coteaux Varois Clos de la Truffière | 3 | | Full fleshy quite characterful red. Needs at least another year to soften up but has some potential. Flavors: berry cherry peppery spicy. |
| White blend | Domaine du Deffends Vin de Pays du Var Champ du Sesterce | 2 | | Simple flat and dull the fruit seems to have faded. Flavors: apple flint pear. |
| Red blend | Domaine Fontanel Côtes Roussillon-Villages Cistes | 3.5 | | Big ripe fleshy wine with lots of vigor needs at least another year or two to soften. Flavors: berry plum vanilla. |
| Red blend | Domaine Fontanel Côtes Roussillon-Villages Prieuré | 4 | | Impressive now deep and intense. Likely to be even better with a couple more years of age. Flavors: black pepper blackberry dried herbs plum. |
| White blend | Domaine Gavoty Côtes de Provence Blanc Cuvée Clarendon | 3.5 | | Fresh attractive distinctive Provençal white. Well composed with a good long finish. Flavors: peach pear peppery plum. |
| Red blend | Domaine Grange des Pères Vin de Pays de l'Hérault | 4 | | Rich ripe balanced black fruit. This wine has a long finish and supple tannin. Combines intensity and a superb structure. Flavors: black pepper blackberry sandalwood vanilla. |
| Red blend | Domaine La Tour Vieille Collioure La Pinède | 3 | | Sweet fruited and quite seductive but a little hollow and lacking depth compared to the best Roussillon reds. Flavors: blackberry raspberry spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine La Tour Vieille Collioure Puig Oriol | 3.5 | | Very flavoursome with no lack of intensity yet still missing real depth. Flavors: blackberry peppery plum. |
| Red blend | Domaine Peyre Rose Coteaux du Languedoc Clos des Cistes | 4 | | Powerful and stylish. A slight rusticity and a lot of tannin but should soften with time. Flavors: allspice berry mineral tar. |
| Red blend | Domaine Rabiega Côtes de Provence Clos d' Ière I | 3.5 | | Distinctive stylish and supple red wine but not very structured. Flavors: blackberry dried herbs raspberry jam spicy tar. |
| Red blend | Domaine Rabiega Côtes de Provence Clos d' Ière II | 3.5 | | Scented with lots of southern French herbs. Big and well balanced. Flavors: black pepper blackberry oak toast. |
| Red blend | Domaine Richeaume Cuvée Columelle | 4 | | Big rich and powerful with marvelous intensity. Modern without sacrificing its Provençal character. Flavors: berry plum spicy vanilla. |
| Red blend | Domaine Richeaume Cuvée Tradition | 3.5 | | Intense herb scented southern red with a touch of cedary complexity. Flavors: allspice berry plum toast. |
| Red blend | Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée La Tourtine | 4 | | Big with a lot of depth and complexity. Ready reasonably soon but will keep too. Flavors: black pepper plum raspberry spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée Migoua | 3.5 | | There is a depth and dimension here that other Bandols seem to miss. On the down side there is a touch of sulphides and a slight lack of richness. Flavors: black pepper plum raspberry tar. |
| Red blend | Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée Spéciale | 3 | | Medium-weight with savory cherry fruit but slightly tainted by sulphides. They might blow off with age. Flavors: berry metallic raspberry spicy. |
| Red blend | Domaine Trévallon Coteaux des Baux | 4 | | Definite class and lovely balance here without losing any of its Provençal character. Flavors: allspice blackberry herbal. |
| Red blend | Domaines Gavoty Côtes de Provence Rouge Cuvée Clarendon | 3 | | Reasonable berry fruit but the tannin is harsh and a touch metallic. Flavors: berry metallic peppery. |
| Cabernet Sauvig | Fortant de France Cabernet Sauvignon | 2 | | Some decent fruit underneath but not clean or even fully ripe. Two bottles were tasted the better one evaluated. Flavors: berry grassy. |
| Chardonnay | Fortant de France Chardonnay | 3 | | Good ripe peachy fruit but not that much depth or breadth. Flavors: apple caramel citrus peach. |
| Merlot | Fortant de France Merlot | 3 | | Really good ripe fruit intensity though needing another year for better harmony. Flavors: berry blackberry dusty peppery plum spicy. |
| Cabernet Sauvig | Fortant de France Vin de Pays d'Oc Cabernet Sauvignon | 2.5 | | Good flavor but an odd flat almost moldy quality to it too. Flavors: berry metallic. |
| Chardonnay | Fortant de France Vin de Pays d'Oc Chardonnay | 3 | | Sweet almost musty earthy aromas but pleasant fruit on the palate. Flavors: apple peach. |
| Cabernet Sauvig | Fortant de France Vin de Pays d'Oc Réserve F Cabernet | 4 | | Deep oaky black fruited red. Stylish and attractive now but will keep. Flavors: berry black cherry coffee spicy. |
| Chardonnay | Fortant de France Vin de Pays d'Oc Réserve F Chardonnay | 3.5 | | Well-crafted nicely complex wine-just misses the extra concentration for better. Flavors: citrus nutty toast. |
| Sauvignon Blanc | Fortant de France Vin de Pays d'Oc Sauvignon Blanc | 2.5 | | Light a bit flat if flavoursome. Needs to be a little fresher. Flavors: apple pear. |
| Syrah | Fortant de France Vin de Pays d'Oc Syrah | 2.5 | | Decent fruit but spoilt by a sulphury character and rather drying tannins on the finish. Flavors: metallic plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Gardies Côtes de Roussillon Villages Les Milleres | 3.5 | | Needs to soften up a little but lots of intense black fruit plus herbsmineral and earthy notes. Youthful southern French red wait a couple of years. Flavors: blackberry plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Grange des Quatre Sous Les Serrottes | 3 | | Nice quality to the fruit but quite extracted and a bit harsh at present. Flavors: black pepper blackberry spicy. |
| Red blend | Grange des Quatre Sous Lo Molin | 2.5 | | A bit too structured for the fruit intensity with a marked grassy or green wood character. Flavors: berry plum. |
| Red blend | L'Etoile Collioure Vieilli en Montagne | 3 | | Spicy herbal gentle style but a bit light. Might fill out with time but a bit dilute at present. Flavors: berry menthol spicy. |
| Red blend | La Bastide Blanche Bandol Cuvée Fontanieu | 4 | | Bold dense almost monolithic Bandol. Very powerful and tannic but probably has the fruit to match. Needs 5-10 years. Flavors: plum raspberry. |
| Red blend | La Bastide Blanche Bandol Longue Garde | 3.5 | | Good fruity intense Bandol with plenty of tannin for ageing but good balance too. Flavors: cedar cherry raspberry. |
| Red blend | La Tour de Bon Bandol | 3.5 | | Not a really profound example of Bandol yet there is good intensity and balance. Give it three years or more. Flavors: allspice blackberry dried herbs raspberry. |
| White blend | La Tour de Bon Bandol Blanc | 3 | | Big fat old fashioned style needs to be richer and more vibrant. Flavors: apple nutty. |
| Red blend | La Tour de Bon Bandol Saint Ferréol | 4 | | Powerful structured wine with a lot of depth and intensity but probably needs a decade's ageing. Flavors: allspice berry black cherry meaty raspberry. |
| Red blend | M. Chapoutier Domaine des Béates Coteaux d'Aix Béates | 3.5 | | Big ripe spicy wine that is quite tannic now but will evolve well with some cellar time. Flavors: black pepper blackberry nutty plum spicy. |
| Red blend | M. Chapoutier Domaine des Béates Coteaux d'Aix Béatines | 3 | | Good vigour and fruit intensity but some firm tannins too. Give it a couple more years. Flavors: berry herbal peppery spicy. |
| White blend | Mas de Daumas Gassac Vin de Pays de l'Hérault Blanc | 3.5 | | Lovely style and perfume. Deep and complex though has a slightly evolved character. Flavors: peach spicy. |
| Red blend | Mas de Daumas Gassac Vin de Pays de l'Hérault Rouge | 4 | | Very rich full intense and powerful but needs at least 5 years to harmonize the considerable tannin. Flavors: black currant plum sandalwood spicy. |
| White blend | Mas de Gourgonnier Aix-en-Provence Blanc | 3.5 | | Deep flavorful and powerful white that should be drunk now. Flavors: cheese nutty peach plum spicy. |
| Red blend | Mas de Gourgonnier Les Baux-de-Provence Réserve | 3.5 | | Ripe oaky full southern French red with well-balanced fruit and tannin. Best with another 3-5 years. Flavors: berry oak spicy. |
| White blend | Mas de la Dame Les Baux-de-Provence Coin Caché Blanc | 3.5 | | Fat full-blown style with no lack of richness or character. Flavors: nutty spicy. |
| Red blend | Mas de la Dame Les Baux-de-Provence Coin Caché Rouge | 3.5 | | Big deep ripe stylish example. Should soften and fatten up with more age. Flavors: berry black pepper dried herbs. |
| Red blend | Mas de la Dame Les Baux-de-Provence Cuvée de la Stèle | 3.5 | | Stylish sweet-fruited red wine. Well-balanced but lacking the extra intensity for a higher score. Flavors: berry dried herbs leafy spicy. |
| Red blend | Mas de la Dame Les Baux-de-Provence Cuvée Réserve | 3 | | Lovely spicy herbs and attractive red and black fruits. Balanced but let down a little by a slightly angular or green edge. Flavors: blackberry peppery spicy. |
| Red blend | Mas des Chimères Côteaux de Sagalou Oeillade | 3.5 | | Good sweet black fruit with spicy peppery notes but marred by some sulphides at present. Flavors: blackberry mineral spicy tar toast. |
| Red blend | Mas Jullien Les Depierre-Cailloutis | 4 | | Ripe deep sweet-fruited and long. There is real quality here but this is a wine to hang on to. Flavors: allspice black cherry plum tar. |
| Red blend | Mas Jullien Les Etats d'Ame de Mas Jullien | 2.5 | | Neither clean nor well-balanced despite a deep earthy black fruit intensity. Too much tannin. Flavors: metallic mineral tar. |
| White blend | Prieuré de St-Jean-de-Bébian Coteaux du Languedoc Blanc | 4 | | Full rich style with toasty oak and considerable weight in the mouth. Ready now but will keep. Flavors: citrus peach spicy toast. |
| Red blend | Prieuré de St-Jean-de-Bébian Coteaux du Languedoc Rouge | 3.5 | | A big powerful structured wine though the tannins are a bit overwhelming at present. Give them a few years to soften. Flavors: allspice berry black pepper herbal plum. |
| Red blend | Prieuré de St-Jean-de-Bébian La Chapelle de Bébian | 2.5 | | Initially a bit weird and concentrated in the aromas. A bit weak and weedy in the mouth with firm tannin to finish. Flavors: berry dusty plum spicy. |
| Chardonnay | Sieur d' Arques Limoux Toques et Clochers Haute Valée | 3.5 | | Rich and extracted slightly old-fashioned with quite lots of oak. Intense and developed. Drink now. Flavors: lemon nutty peach. |
| Chardonnay | Sieur d' Arques Limoux Toques et Clochers Terroir d' Autan | 3 | | Intense tangy and toasty with good structure. Flavors: citrus oak peach toast. |
| Chardonnay | Sieur d' Arques Limoux Toques et Clochers Terroir Méditeranéen | 3 | | Rather lean but showing a good balance between fruit and oak. Flavors: citrus nutty peach. |
| Chardonnay | Sieur d' Arques Limoux Toques et Clochers Terroir Océanique | 2 | | A bit oxidized with a flat dull finish. Hints of some potential if it were in better shape. Flavors: onion pear. |
| Red blend | Val d' Orbieu Minervois Pierre Fil Cuvée Elysices Rouge | 3.5 | | An intense red wine with deep fruit. There is some drying tannin to resolve so drink within 5 years age. Flavors: allspice blackberry oak plum vanilla. |
| Red blend | Val d' Orbieu Vin de Pays d' Oc Cuvée Mythique | 3.5 | | Structured southern French red with ripe black fruit. Good texture and perfume deserves another couple of years. Flavors: berry black pepper plum spicy. |
| Cabernet Sauvig | Val d' Orbieu Vin de pays d' Oc Réserve St Martin Cabernet Sauvignon-Me | 3 | | Fairly basic southern red a little bit weak and slightly tannic but characterful. Flavors: berry dried herbs spicy. |
| Chardonnay | Vignerons du Val d' Orbieu Vin de pays d' Oc Réserve St Martin Chardonn | 3 | | Reasonable intense with a good balance of fruit and oak but a hint of under-ripeness as well. Flavors: apple citrus lemon. |