This is right up my Grenache-happy alley. First off, what a vibrant purply color! Very pure kirsch and dark raspberry fruit on the nose, complicated by a teensy bretty/farmyard note. On the palate, it’s very youthful and vigorous, maybe even a little rustically angular. The minerality is textural here. Like there are nano-particles of rock dust in the wine. Very good flavor intensity. The acids are lowish, but the rocky minerality compensates. Only 13% stated alcohol! Superb value, and very food flexible (like many Grenaches).
This is right up my Grenache-happy alley. First off, what a vibrant purply color! Very pure kirsch and dark raspberry fruit on the nose, complicated by a teensy bretty/farmyard note. On the palate, it’s very youthful and vigorous, maybe even a little rustically angular. The minerality is textural here. Like there are nano-particles of rock dust in the wine. Very good flavor intensity. The acids are lowish, but the rocky minerality compensates. Only 13% stated alcohol! Superb value, and very food flexible (like many Grenaches).
Jan 27th, 2026
Faugères, Languedoc, Languedoc Roussillon, France
