Domaine Charvin

Peter met winemaker Laurent Charvin in early 1992 after tasting Laurent's very first bottling, the 1990 Châteauneuf. Peter recognized Charvin's potential at first sip, and the two men have maintained a close working relationship ever since.

Domaine Charvin boasts a long legacy. Established in 1851, it has emerged as one of the region's perennial superstars. Laurent is the sixth-generation Charvin to run the Domaine, and the first to commercially market a proprietary bottling.

Laurent produces only one cuvée of AOC Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and it is consistently one of the most highly-rated wines in the region. He also makes a fantastic Côtes du Rhône called Le Poutet, culled from his holdings just outside his Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards. Le Poutet is so good that it often outperforms the top bottlings of lesser Châteauneuf producers. A small amount of rosé and an elegant Vin de Pays de la Principauté d'Orange à Côté, made from a unique and delicious blend of 50% Merlot and 50% Grenache, round out the portfolio.

All of Laurent Charvin's vines are between 35 and 70 years old, and grapes are picked and sorted entirely by hand. As usual with Peter's imports, these wines are not filtered. The results of Laurent's meticulous cellar work are wines of impeccable balance, fresh fruit, and a deep, coherent complexity.
4 products
  • $22.00

    Red wine. Southern Rhône, France. 81% Grenache, 7% Mourvèdre, 5% Carignan, 7% Syrah. Organic. This is classic Charvin and offers lots of kirsch and blackberry fruits, garrigue, white pepper and sappy herbs in its medium-bodied, polished, elegant, yet tight and firm personality. Give it a year or two in bottle and it will still be drinking beautifully in 10 years.

  • $62.00
    White wine. Southern Rhône, France. 95% Clairette Rose, 5% Bourboulenc. Organic. "The 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc offers another level of richness and depth as well as elegance. Medium-bodied notes of white peach, quince, and honeysuckle all emerge from this fresh, elegant, beautifully balanced white that has plenty of richness and depth, yet stays in the fresh, elegant style favored by Laurent Charvin. This terrific effort will keep for upwards of a decade (although there’s no need to age it either)." — 90 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Aug. 2019)
  • $63.00
    Red wine. Southern Rhône, France. 85% Grenache, 5% Mourvèdre, 5% Vaccarèse, 5% Syrah. Organic. "The 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape is an awesome wine from Laurent, and while it shows the sunny, ripe, sexy style of the vintage, it never loses the elegance and purity that’s the hallmark of Charvin. Lots of kirsch, graphite, dried flowers, garrigue, and ample minerality flow to a medium to full-bodied, silky, incredibly well-balanced red that has a stacked mid-palate, building tannins, and a great finish. Give bottles 4-5 years of bottle age and it will cruise over the following two decades." — 95 Points, Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com (Aug. 2019)
  • $57.00
    White wine. Southern Rhône, France. 90% Clairette Rose, 10% Bourboulenc. Organic. "The first vintage of this cuvée and based largely on Clairette Rose (there’s 10% Bourboulenc), the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc from Laurent is undeniably outstanding and offers terrific notes of green herbs, lots of minerality and ample citrus and pear fruit in its medium-bodied, elegant personality. It’s well worth checking out and I suspect will have a graceful evolution over the coming decade." — 91 points, Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com (Oct. 2017)