"For the price this I believe to be exceptionally good value for money. when i lived in France I was able to buy from the supermarket or direct from vineyard exceptional wines - lets hope that come available in uk"

"I enjoy a glass of wine with dinner and unless there are others at the table, I do not want to open a bottle. The boxes I've had have lasted longer than 20 days and it is very "drinkable" for a box wine. I'll buy again"

I would recommend this wine

"I have had several of these boxes for everyday use and have not had a disappointing one yet. I rarely drink more than one glass a day and I find it lasts really well: much better than opening a bottle which seldom tastes as good the next day. In my opinion excellent value for the price."

I would recommend this wine

"A solid and robust everyday wine without the necessity to open a whole bottle if you don't want to - and if you do then an hour in a decanter opens it up nicely."

I would recommend this wine

"A solid everyday wine. As others have mentioned, an hour in a carafe will improve it but it's perfectly good straight out of the box."

I would recommend this wine

"Excellent red - full bodied and great for lockdown!"

I would recommend this wine

"Bought 2 boxes just before lockdown. Delivered a few weeks later and opened the first and then the second in late April and early May. Both were fine to begin with but both started to do distinctly “off” before we finished them, to the point we actually put the last half bottle or so down the sink. After the experience with the first, I noted the date the second was opened and it was only about 2 weeks later it was tasting bad. Other reviews don’t seem to recount a similar problem but strange both boxes we had behaved the same way."

"My wife and I really enjoyed this boxed Rhone. Kept it in our wine fridge set at 11 degrees and used a carafe to take the amount we wanted. That action opened the wine. Then left it for a short time in a cool room and it went up a few degrees. The box means you can drink over a 20 day period so we had some days to try other wines! I think stars should be a balance between quality of the wine and price, with quality being more important. This box is equivalent of about £6.40 a bottle. As we really liked the wine I nearly gave 5 stars but in the end decided on 4."

I would recommend this wine

"this was really impressive at the Rhone tasting this week. Proper Cotes du Rhone. Nice and fresh and fruity and too good for a party! Personally I preferred it to the bottled version and cheaper."

I would recommend this wine

"This is the fourth box that I have bought. Three for me and one as a present for a daughter for a camping holiday. Good drinking CdR and nice enough to have with a steak dinner last night and a joint of beef tonight. Still very pleasant in the third week open and I am sure that it will be just as nice next weekend."

I would recommend this wine

"Very happy to recommend this box. Convenient format, decent quality wine for the price (works out at approx £1 per glass). It's not top quality, but a good everyday Cotes du Rhone with plenty of black fruits and spices. It stayed fresh for over a month and I will re-order. I hope the Society can persuade other suppliers to provide wines in this format (Messrs Sichel and Hugel in particular). I would certainly be willing to pay more for better quality wine."

I would recommend this wine

"We got this for a camping trip. Such a convenient way of taking a reasonable quantity of wine away. It's probably not the best example of this wine but I would say it was good value. Decanting it definitely improves it a lot. Wine in a box is for convenience not for top quality, and this fine. If it was a really top wine it would probably cost in the region of £100 for a 5 litre box! "

I would recommend this wine

"A great wine for the price. Decanted it into 75cl bottle so we could see how much we were drinking, and to give it some air (in the light of some of the comments here), and found it lived up well to the name on the bottle I’d used (Jaume) This wine will join the list of WS everyday favourites, for sure "

I would recommend this wine

"As we were away for a week a wine box seemed sensible and i wanted to try one as it has been a long time since we last had one. Initial reaction was poor... It needed time to settle at room temperature after being in car boot... Day 2 wad a significant improvement. Not bad for the occasional glass drinker or for a bbq.. Large party etc. Good value for money at bottle equivalent rate. "

"Bought a box as a top-up for Christmas and was not expecting wonders. so I was agreeably surprised by the quality of the wine. However, there was a marked difference in the result when I (a) poured the wine off straight into a glass; (b) decanted a litre into a carafe; and (c) decanted a litre into a carafe through an aerator. In both cases of decanting, there was an appreciable improvement in flavour and general 'mouthfeel'. I'd recommend giving this wine some air and activity before rushing to judgment. Would I buy another? I'll try it when I've finished a few remaining bottles of the Society's Côtes-du-Rhone - and may try subjecting them to the same test."

I would recommend this wine

"So so CdR. I've been a Jaume drinker for many years, and I wouldn't rate this. I found it a bit of a faff to open and I smiled at the characteristic family self-promotion on the box."

"We thoroughly enjoyed our first box and have just ordered 2 more. I agree with a previous reviewer that the opening procedure was complicated."

I would recommend this wine

"Our first wine box, which we decided to try because it was sold by the Wine Society, had received some good reviews and was produced by Domaine Jaume. The instructions could have been a bit clearer and would have benefited from being along the top of the box instead of on the end - it would saved us a few contortions for sure. As for the wine - it's OK. Three stars (just), but we won't be buying again. Domaine Jaume in a bottle is so much better."

"A very pleasant surprise. I am not surprised that the "Society" offer us a fair wine at a fair price, but this is really very good for the money and our box did not last very long. Another on the way!!"

I would recommend this wine

"I am disappointed with the quality of this Domaine Jaume BiB not because it is particularly poor but because we know it could be so much better with a small tweak and perhaps a modest increase in price. Having discovered Jaume over 20 years ago and making regular visits we became accustomed to moving up by one notch on their basic range would take the quality to a different level. I belief the BiB concept is most welcome but a better quality would be welcome - friends are inclined to give it an O.K. rating only."

The Guardian 3rd Oct 2020

"Bumper-sized box of eminently gluggable, gutsy Côtes du Rhône. Perfect for large households. - Fiona Beckett"

Metro 10th Jul 2018

"A surprising offering from the Wine Society, in a monster format that defines 'bang for buck'. The wine itself is all juicy cassis and cracked black pepper, just what we are seeking in the southern French grenache-syrah blend. It's a delightful family-run outfit, in that two brothers produce the wine while their other halves tend the vines and guide the oeno-tourists. - Rob Buckhaven"

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