Selected from the best parts of the vineyard, this is a blend of Syrah, Carignan and Mourvedre. Each varietal is kept apart and aged in 500 litre oak barrels for 12 months. Only then do they decide upon the final blend. Once made, the finished wine is aged for yet another 12 months in those same barrels before bottling. Only 10% of the barrels are new wood, so there's no-in-your-face oakiness here! Diane only releases this wine if she feels it is up to her highest standards of quality, which is not every year. A bit like a Vintage Port.

Fun fact, Diane’s Les Cimels Red was the inspiration for the founding of the Real Wine Company! Diane had taken over a failing estate which was over-producing huge quantities of dilute, boring wines which were helping to fill the EU Wine Lake. Diane set about restoring these beautiful old vineyards to restrict the quantities and improve the quality in direct inverse proportion. First of all, they got the quality right, then they got on with conversion to organic and bio-dynamic status which all their wines now are. The château name comes from the family crest which is Gold and Red.