The outstanding 2003 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Les Champauvins is different than the 2004. Gorgeously plump, fat, even corpulent, with full body and seductive notes of blackberries, pepper, and cherry liqueur intermixed with some licorice, smoke and earth, it is a sumptuous mouthful of a wine that sells for a song. Drink it over the next 3-4 years. For the last 7-8 years, this has been one of the best-run estates in Chateauneuf du Pape. Alain Jaume and his two capable sons, Sebastien and Christophe, continue to propel Domaine Grand Veneur into the upper echelon of quality. They also offer an impressively well-made negociant line of wines (under the name Alain Jaume). The hallmarks of the Grand Veneur wines include their extraordinary purity of flavor and impeccable balance. Moreover, they have kept prices remarkably fair.Importer: Kysela Pere et Fils, Winchester, VA; tel. (540) 722-9228