Making wine in Provence since 1989

1989

1990

1999

2001

2005

2015

2018

2020

Jane and Hugh Faulkner acquire Domaine du Grand Cros.

Our first vintage and a fabulous one.

Their son Julian joins the business.

Decanter magazine awards the 2000 red the best red from Provence. Julian becomes majority shareholder and General Manager.

Jules brand is launched along with Faulkner Wine negociant company.

Decanter magazine selects our 2014 rosé as best rosé in the world that year. Aurélia rosé launched named after Julian's first child.

2016 and 2018 vintages of private label rosés that we made for Aldi awarded IWC trophies making their fastest selling wine ever.

Le Grand Cros obtains HVE sustainable certification, Faulkner Wine only producer to have as many as 3 rosés selected in Jancis Robinson's top 10 of the year.

1989

Jane and Hugh Faulkner acquire Domaine du Grand Cros.

1990

Our first vintage and a fabulous one.

1999

Their son Julian joins the business.

2001

Decanter magazine awards the 2000 red the best red from Provence. Julian becomes majority shareholder and General Manager.

2005

Jules brand is launched along with Faulkner Wine negociant company.

2015

Decanter magazine selects our 2014 rosé as best rosé in the world that year. Aurélia rosé launched named after Julian's first child.

2018

2016 and 2018 vintages of private label rosés that we made for Aldi awarded IWC trophies making their fastest selling wine ever.

2020

Le Grand Cros obtains HVE sustainable certification, Faulkner Wine only producer to have as many as 3 rosés selected in Jancis Robinson's top 10 of the year.

Our Brands

Le Grand Cros

The Faulkner family estate in the heart of Provence since 1989, the starting point of our family’s journey into wine and where our cellars and team are located.
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Faulkner Collection

Thanks to our 31 year experience making and blending wines from the south of France, we offer this range of eminently affordable and quaffable wines from various appellations across the south of France.
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Jules

The original Jules wine collection remains driven by Julian’s passion for finding gems in unlikely places.
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Saint Julian

An IGP and a Provence AOP rosés made with the same precision that can be expected from our other labels.
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Private Label

We have extensive experience doing small to very large volume private label projects.
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J. Spot

To get straight to the point, the J. hits the spot in both taste and value.
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Rosé de Provence

J.Faulkner

The Signature version of our rosés
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We obtained the HVE certification in 2020

HERE'S WHAT WE DO TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ITS REQUIREMENTS

What top wine experts say about us:

Very awkward bottle shape (fat bottom) and very heavy bottle. Pale golden coral colour. Tropical, papaya and orange-peel nose. Rich and almost lush with creamy, languid fruit, but the spice from the oak is fantastically dispersed through the palate, giving it a white-peppery bite. Real kerpow rosé! Serious stuff. No quaffing by the pool please, this deserves attention. Worthy of its price tag.

Tamlyn Currin
jancisrobinson.com

Golden pink. Honeyed toasty oak with bruised apple aromas. Oaky character continues to dominate on the palate, well integrated with floral red berries and orange fruit balancing the honeyed toast. Excellent structure, using Mourvèdre and Syrah to good effect, with juicy acidity cutting through. Well executed and elegant.

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Decanter
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Vivid orange-pink. Highly fragrant orange and strawberry scents are complemented by suggestions of lavender and white pepper. Juicy, seamless and focused on the palate, offering concentrated citrus fruit and red berry flavours and a suave touch of spicecake. Shows excellent clarity and thrust on a long, sappy finish that echoes the orange note.

Josh Raynolds
Vinous

The color of this superb cuvée is streaked with elegant raspberry reflections. The nose is complex and intense around notes of yellow peach, lychee, mango, grapefruit and a hint of jasmine. Explosive and fresh on the attack, the mouth then unfolds a lot of volume, a round, silky and supple flesh, and a particularly persistent fruitiness. All the spirit of Provence indeed in this irresistible delicacy.

Le Guide Hachette Des Vins

What impresses me about this particular cuvée is that it hasn’t fallen into the trap that virtually all others do when chasing a top-flight rosé dream. Usually, when estates ‘push’ their wines to make ‘super-cuvées’ the wheels almost always fall off! In my experience, oak is often the biggest culprit with badly selected barrels and overzealous winemakers getting over-excited about creating a grand and impactful wine. Aurélia steps back from temptation and merely uses the oak to add volume and sheen. The result is a catwalk rosé, which sashays across the palate with a flirtatious swing of its hips and this is all of the excitement I need to get my pulse racing.

Matthew Jukes
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Super-typical, full-on Provence rosé where the pale colour belies the intensity of fruit. It’s creamy and rich and soft, with strawberry candy, melon and a touch of fennel. Very generous and satisfying. Ticks all the boxes.

Jancis Robinson
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