The 2006 Clairette de Bellegrave was fermented in cold temperatures and aged in tank, with no make-up whatsoever. A superb example of Clairette, it will not keep for more than a year or so, but if drunk over the next 12 months, it will offer beautiful white citrus and honeyed pear characteristics as well as lively, vibrant acidity and freshness. It is an amazing “l(fā)ittle” wine. This excellent estate in the Costieres de Nimes continues to turn out some superb bargain-priced wines that consumers should seek out for relief from increasingly higher prices as well as the weak dollar. The 2006 red wines all reveal zesty acidity, beautiful pure fruit, perhaps not the structure of the 2005s, but they are more friendly. Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083