When I learned that Chateau des Charmes puts no oak into their Gamay ‘Droit’ I started to kick myself – I had all these great older vintages of Droit that should have been drunk upon release, or at least within a few years; so here’s my newest recommendation for this wine: buy lots of it, don’t hold onto it, instead drink and guzzle all you can as soon as possible, it’s a delicious beauty loaded with sweet cherry at its core with wisps of white pepper and a great fruit to acidity balance.  Drink. Drink all you can and savour how wonderful this wine is, while it is young and fresh.  Price: $17.95 – Rating: ****+