The 2011 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau Cuvee Marc comes from an up-and-coming appellation that should be regarded with increasing interest by Rhone wine lovers. This blend of 50% Grenache, 25% Mourvedre and 25% Syrah was aged in demi-muids for 11 months, and bottled unfiltered. Spectacularly rich and ripe, it could easily pass for a 2010 or 2007 in a blind tasting. It boasts an inky/purple color as well as a big, sweet bouquet of espresso roast, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, incense and violets. Medium to full-bodied, unctuously textured, thick and juicy, this loaded Rasteau should drink well for a decade or more. Consistently one of my favorite estates in the Southern Rhone, Les Grands Bois produces Cotes du Rhones that consistently over-perform their appellation and modest prices. The four red wines are all from the 2011 vintage, which Jeb Dunnuck has already commented about in the Southern Rhone. It’s a charming, fruit-forward, evolved year that produced delicious, “pop-and-pour” wines that are ideal for the current marketplace. It’s a nice “fill in” vintage while waiting for your bigger, richer, more structured and tannic 2010s to evolve, as well as the enormously concentrated, almost over-the-top 2007s to lose more baby fat. Importer: Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, Pennsylvania at 610-486-0700 and fax 610-486-6452; www.weygandtmetzler.com