Lime peel and subtle crunchy red fruit immediately leap from the glass in Le Grand Cros' flagship wine. Delicate and light on its feet, this wine is undeniably Provence in character, with saline notes in the mouth, lively, bracing acidity and mouthcoating texture. Hard to go wrong with this one!

In wine terms, the Faulkner family is relatively new to the game and has been producing grape juice since 1989. However, their achievements and success at Le Grand Cros are nothing to be sniffed at. The family hit the ground running after acquiring the estate in the late 1980s and in their first year picked up gold medals galore for their wines - not bad for a team with humble ambitions for winemaking. The estate can be found in the Massif des Maures hillsides, an idyllic, provincial part of the region with all of the pizazz and romance one would associate with this part of the world. Their lands cover around 24 hectares of vineyards and in 2020 under the watchful eye of Julian Faulkner, they achieved HVE status, which denotes a company or producer of high environmental value. The wines from Le Grand Cros are nothing short of fabulous and this was vindicated in 2015 by the world-famous Decanter wine magazine which crowned their 2014 rosé the best rosé in the world.