Boutinot is an international wine exporter with a number of wineries making excellent high-end wines for their own portfolio. Among these, their namesake Domaine Boutinot was established in 2010 in Carianne after a number of years making strong relationships with winemakers in the region. The wine is silky and smooth with sweet fruit notes. Despite the winery’s use of neutral French oak, toasted coconut and chocolate notes bring back memories of Mounds Bars, introducing a nice contrast to classic Rhône earthy terroir. Cairanne was upgraded to a named village AOC in 2016 after quality wines like this were challenging the likes of Gigondas and Vacqueyras.
Boutinot, Cairanne AOC (Rhône Valley, France) 2019
By Vince Simmon