The medium-bodied 2010 Cotes du Ventoux Persia Blanc is largely Roussanne blended with small quantities of Clairette and Grenache Blanc grown in sandy soils. This remarkable white offers notes of honeysuckle, tangerine skins, orange marmalade, citrus oils, flowers and crushed rocks. Fresh, lively and intense, it will provide abundant pleasure over the next 2-3 years, possibly longer. This estate has been one of the world's finest sources of high quality, reasonably priced Ventoux wines for many years. Proprietors Sebastian Vincente and Manou Barthelemy run this biodynamically farmed operation of just over 100 acres, and all the wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered with low levels of SO2. The Cuvee Nature sees no SO2 whatsoever. The 2010s are brilliant, largely because of tiny yields and cool nights, which gave the wines more acidity and focus.Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083

The 2009 Cotes du Ventoux Persia (virtually all Roussanne) is vinified in new oak casks and then moved to tank. It exhibits white peach, tangerine and honeyed citrus characteristics presented in a smoky, meaty, fleshy style with more body than L’Eclat. It, too, should drink nicely for 1-2 years. The leading reference point estate in the Cotes du Ventoux region, Domaine de Fondreche is run with extraordinary passion and impeccable attention to detail by Sebastian Vincenti and Manou Barthelemy. This large estate of just under 100 acres is biodynamically farmed and all the red wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered. Additionally, the Cuvee Nature was produced without any SO2 .Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083