Château Courac, Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Rouge, Laudun 2016

"The 2016 Ch. Courac Rouge is just as approachable and as appealing as its white stablemate above. The FVD team refer to it as their mini-Châteauneuf-du-Pape and I can well see why. A typical GSM blend as indeed all our reds in this offer are, albeit in different proportions it's full of plums, damsons and cherries with a touch of liquorice, chocolate and spice. It's nice to see a wine of such high quality/low price with some bottle age too."
Jonathan Ray, The Spectator Magazine

Château Courac's wonderful red is produced like its white by the Arnaud family in the small village of Laudun, in the warm south of the Rhône Valley. It is amazingly even finer than the previous superb 2015 vintage, with a richer, more pronounced character. Will certainly keep for a while, but equally already drinking beautifully, so why wait? This is a step up from their normal cuvée and so please open up and enjoy.