L'Ancienne Mercerie
Couture Faugères
Faugères, Languedoc, Languedoc Roussillon, France
2014 vintage. Grenache (50%), Syrah (20%), Carignan (20%) and Mourvèdre (10%). Aged 12 months in barriques and concrete vats. Unfiltered and unfined. Granite soils. Blackberry jam, dried herbs, leather and a mineral note. Powerful taste with concentrated jammy blackberry fruit and intense spiciness, balanced by good acidity, ripe tannin and well-integrated high (15 % abv) alcohol. Very good spicy length. Great value at 17,9 euro. Drink the entire bottle, it doesn't show well the next day.
2014 vintage. Grenache (50%), Syrah (20%), Carignan (20%) and Mourvèdre (10%). Aged 12 months in barriques and concrete vats. Unfiltered and unfined. Granite soils. Blackberry jam, dried herbs, leather and a mineral note. Powerful taste with concentrated jammy blackberry fruit and intense spiciness, balanced by good acidity, ripe tannin and well-integrated high (15 % abv) alcohol. Very good spicy length. Great value at 17,9 euro. Drink the entire bottle, it doesn't show well the next day.
Jul 7th, 2020