If you don't like Merlot, then you need to taste this wine. This is red fruited, with a slither green character and a brightness across the palate. Black olives and liquorice balanced with dusty tannins that scream to be drunk with some delicious food.

The creative and expressive wines of Famille Maurel derive from the impressive Maison Ventenac. A modern and impressive winery that is making reasonably lo-fi, minimal intervention wines at scale (that is not easy to do at all). Both outfits are located in the subregion of Cabardes, which is part of the larger Languedoc in France’s southwest. The Maurel team do make a couple of wines under the Cabardes regional specifications, however, their true focus is throwing the rulebook out the window and focusing on single-variety wines which are bottled in smart bottles and clever labels. Their brand new range, marked only by punctuation marks and emojis, is a testament to the team's creativity and under the watchful eye of talented winemaker Olivier Rame. These are exclusive to Good Pair Days.