NV Castelmaure ‘La Buvette’ Grenache / Carignan

Castelmaure is a 102-year-old co-op based in rocky Corbières in France’s southwest. They make unfussed, guzzleable wine from well-farmed plots around the region and have cultivated long-term relationships with many of their intergenerational farmers.

Like your reds with a chill? This bright and crunchy grenache and carignan blend is a great candidate thanks to clever carbonic maceration winemaking. Its rounded and plush tannins roll across the tongue. Quite brash in its personality, a little chill won’t hurt to calm it down.

Languedoc, France