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The wines > Rasteau

• DOMAINE BEAU MISTRAL
  

  LVT 2009 r 2008 wh Manly, full Rasteau wines, consistent quality at the top end

• DOMAINE BRESSY MASSON
  

  LVT 2006 r Good, traditional wines. For over 40 years have produced a Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel with very long cask ageing, the Rasteau Rancio

• DOMAINE COMBE JULIÈRE
  

  LVT 2007 r Good recent own domaine name at Rasteau, an ex-Co-operateur whose father has been Mayor of Rasteau for 18 years. 1st bottling 2003.

• DOMAINE DE BEAURENARD
  

  LVT 2007 r Modern, smoothly fruited Rasteau, the top wine overtly oaked

• DOMAINE DES BANQUETTES
  

  LVT 2008 r wh rosé Patrice left the cave de Rasteau in 2002, but still sends some crop there. Promising.

• DOMAINE DES COTEAUX DES TRAVERS
  

  LVT 2007 r Unpretentious, grass roots quality, robust style of wine

• DOMAINE ELODIE BALME
  

  LVT 2008 r These are promising wines, delivered in soft, floral-scented style. Not yet 25, Elodie is a cousin of Robert Charavin and of the Durand family at Domaine du Trapadis, while Corinne Couturier is the first cousin of her mother. Quite a local pedigree, therefore. Topped up by which, she spent time as a student at Domaine Marcel Richaud. Elodie`s father is a Co-operateur at both the Roaix and the Rasteau Co-operatives.

• DOMAINE GRAND NICOLET
  

  LVT 2007 r Good, hearty wines with some local imprint. Some oak use since 2005