2019
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Elne, Roussillon
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| Dry red - aged 10 months in oak barrels |
40% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 30% Carignan
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13.0%
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Red meats, duck, grilled/roasted vegetable dishes, tagines
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Still good
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Now to 2027
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| Aged in oak barrels, 25% of which are new. The nose is wonderfully fruity and smoky and crammed full of ripe blueberry, bramble, blackcurrant and black cherry aromas, with subtle freshly-baked bread and spice notes. The palate is rich and mouth-filling - but never over-powering - offering ripe red and black fruit flavours, a gently spicy savoriness, matched by equally ripe tannins and offset by an underlying fresh fruitiness and ample soft-citrus acidity. This is a beautifully rounded, sweet-sour-spicy wine, with a hint of warming eau de vie on a very long finish. It is perfect to drink now, but will age and evolve nicely for another 5+ years. Question is - why wait? |
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