The 2006 Cotes du Rhone, a Syrah made just outside Cornas, exhibits plenty of scorched earth and black fruit characteristics in its medium-bodied, pure, natural personality. Both of these reds should be drunk in their exuberant youth, 1-3 years after the vintage. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524