Duboeuf's Rhone Valley selections made their debut with the 1988 vintage, where he admirably demonstrated that his enormous talent for picking high quality cuvees of Gamay (for his Beaujolais) was just as prodigious when it came to picking Rhone Valley cuvees fashioned from Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvedre, and Syrah.His 1989 Cotes de Ventoux is a real crowd-pleaser, made from a blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah. Given its round, generously endowed, deep, fruity, soft texture, it is destined to be joyfully guzzled down over the next several years. As are all Duboeuf wines, it is wonderfully pure and well put together.