An up-and-coming estate run by young proprietor Eric Bonnet, readers should be on the look-out for the gorgeous Cotes du Rhone-Villages Cuvee Jules Rochebonne. It is an excellent, classic Provencal effort offering abundant amounts of kirsch liqueur intermixed with pepper and resiny pine forest characteristics, and plenty of glycerin. The 2003 possesses slightly more alcohol and punch than the 2004. It is best consumed over the next 3-4 years. Importer: Simon N Cellars, Charlottesville, VA; tel. (434) 977-4476.