Les Abeilles 2004 £7.65
One taste of this Gold medal heritage red and you'll see why Andre Roux - a veteran of some 67 vintages - is something of a Rhone legend.Customers first met him in 1973 when we broke the budget with a huge shipment of six cases! Since then he's earned the limelight for the little village of Chusclan, over the river from the more famous and expensive vineyards of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. And when he retired in 1990 we had to fly over and talk him out of it on your behalf! Dark purple with spicy forest fruit aromas. Gold medal depth of smoky blackcurrant, brambles and herbs. Drink to 2007. ''The Rhone ... the most exciting of France's classic red wine regions'' Anthony Rose, The Independent.