Guide Hachette 2027: three stars and a coup de cœur for our 2025 Côtes du Rhône red
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Three stars and a coup de cœur: the Guide Hachette's highest ratingThe Guide Hachette des Vins 2027 awards three stars, the “exceptional wine” rating, to our 2025 Côtes du Rhône red, with a coup de cœur on top. It is the guide's highest distinction, given to an everyday organic wine. At a glance
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What do three stars in the Guide Hachette mean?
In the Guide Hachette des Vins, every selected wine is tasted blind by a panel of professionals, then rated from one to three stars. Three stars is the highest rating: it means “exceptional wine”. The coup de cœur also singles out a handful of the best-rated wines in the edition.
| Guide rating | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ★ One star | Very successful wine |
| ★★ Two stars | Remarkable wine |
| ★★★ Three stars | Exceptional wine (our 2025 Côtes du Rhône red) |
| ♥ Coup de cœur | Small selection of the edition's best wines (our 2025 Côtes du Rhône red) |
How the guide selects its wines
- Winegrowers submit their wines for tasting.
- Panels of professionals taste them blind, without knowing the estate or the price.
- For the 2027 edition, the guide reports 35,000 wines tasted and 7,000 selected.
- Selected wines receive one to three stars. The very best also get a coup de cœur.
In the Guide Hachette, a star cannot be bought: it is earned in the glass, against thousands of other wines.
Tasting: the profile of our 2025 Côtes du Rhône red
The Guide Hachette des Vins 2027 review
Here is the review published by the guide on page 1081 (our translation):
“It is a joy to read the tasters' notes, unanimous in their praise for this explosive red, fragrant with violet and slow-cooked strawberry, wandering through the undergrowth among ferns and mushrooms. Need we say more? Only a hint of cinnamon and a few brandied cherries complete this lavish palette, on a full, opulent palate set with velvety tannins that goes on and on. No reason to wait to enjoy such a complete wine.”
In short: an exceptional wine to open now, which the guide recommends drinking until 2030.
Source: official Guide Hachette des Vins 2027 listing, Château des Coccinelles 2025 (print edition, page 1081).
Wine profile
| Appellation | AOC Côtes du Rhône, red |
| Vintage | 2025 |
| Grape varieties | Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Marselan |
| Farming | Organic, certified by Bureau Veritas · vegan wine |
| Production | 12,000 bottles (figure from the guide) |
| Drink | Now until 2030 |
| Price | €13.50 a bottle · €76.95 a case of 6 |
Food and wine pairing: what to serve with this Côtes du Rhône red?
Its undergrowth notes and supple tannins make it a very versatile table red, ideal for autumn and winter cooking.
Meat and slow-cooked dishes
- Provençal daube or Camargue gardiane
- Roast poultry with herbs
- Shoulder of lamb with thyme
- Pan-fried wild mushrooms
Vegetarian dishes and cheese
- Stuffed mushrooms, lentil curry
- Roast vegetables with herbes de Provence
- Tomme and mature hard cheeses
The sommelier's tip: serve it between 16 °C and 18 °C and open the bottle 30 minutes before the meal, to let the violet and red fruit come through.
A 2025 vintage awarded twice
The three Guide Hachette stars are not this vintage's only recognition. It had already won a Silver Medal at the Concours des Grands Vins de France in Mâcon 2026. Two different juries, months apart, reached the same conclusion. Read our article on the Mâcon 2026 medals.
Our Côtes du Rhône red is also a regular in the guide: several of its vintages have already earned stars, as has our 2023 Côtes du Rhône rosé, one star in the Guide Hachette 2025. All our wines featured in the guide are listed on the Château des Coccinelles producer page on hachette-vins.com.
An organic estate since 1978
Château des Coccinelles has belonged to the Fabre family since 1928, in Domazan in the Gard, between Avignon and the Pont du Gard. The family filed its organic specifications in 1974 and obtained organic certification in 1978, at a time when nobody asked for it. Our wines are now certified by Bureau Veritas.
These three stars do not reward a prestige cuvée kept for special occasions: they recognise our everyday Côtes du Rhône. Discover the estate's history.
Where to buy this exceptional three-star Guide Hachette wine?
The 2025 vintage is available in our online shop, by the bottle or in cases of 6, and at the estate's cellar, 6 rue des Écoles in Domazan (30390). You can taste it there during a free tasting at the cellar, or extend your visit with our wine tourism activities. Information on +33 4 66 57 03 07.
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Article updated on 30 October 2026.
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