Domaines Les Gouberts, run by proprietor Jean-Pierre Cartier, is one of the best sources for Cotes du Rhone, particularly the cuvee from old vines Cartier owns near the village of Beaumes de Venise. The basic 1989 Cotes du Rhone displays good dark color, ripe, peppery fruitiness, soft texture, and an easy-going, amiable personality. Drink it over the next several years. An Alain Junguenet Selection, Wines of France, Mountainside, NJ.