Staff Pick

Divin Poison, Rouge - 2018

Name: Divin Poison, Rouge
Brand: Divin Poison
SKU: 44133
Price: 23.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 44133 750mL

The iconoclast Christophe Bosque is behind this delicious red wine from the south of France that' comes from fruit in the Gigondas area of the Rhône Valley. Fermented with native yeasts in cement and made entirely without any addition of sulphur. The vines are 50 years old on average.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2018

Country

France

Region

Languedoc-Roussillon

Producer

Divin Poison

Grape Variety

Syrah

Carignan

Grenache

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Staff Pick Notes

If you are looking for juice that demonstrates low-fi wine making with high-fidelity results, then crank the volume on this wine when you pop the cork. Dark-fruited and lithe, tart and earthy at once, this is everything I want from a Languedoc red. This incredibly well-balanced wine is made by Christophe Bosque, a négociant/winemaker who aims to make wine with "vibration...energy and life force that can only come from well-cared-for vines." No use of chemicals, spontaneous fermentation, and almost a year spent in cement tanks allow the fruit to speak for itself. And wow—what a voice it has! If this is really poison, I will happily drink it all, preferably with a light chill.

- BLR

Glossary

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Carignan

Grown all over Europe and the Americas, Carignan (a.k.a. Carignane, Carignano, and Cariñena) is seldom seen as a 100% varietal wine. Many appellations of Languedoc-Roussillon must include a certain percentage of Carignan, but it is rarely the dominant grape in these blends. For years, this naturally high-yielding grape suffered from overproduction, but New World winemakers have lately taken up the Carignan cause and produced some distinctive and delicious examples. Now that it is subject to...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...