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Tasted: 20, March 2011

Sight
Classic deep dark black cherry with red hues to rim.

Smell
Mineral elements sitting alongside savoury and fruity spice on the nose. There are red and black fruits apparent but there is a hint of stone and pebbles sitting alongside it. The nose is not particularly expressive but suggests warmth and spicy fruit. Savoury notes in the foreground. After aeration the fruit notes are much more rounded, with a lot of the mineral-notes easing. The ‘warmth’ of the wine is much more apparent after some oxidisation.

Taste
Fruit forward – red and back fruits. Hints of liquorice and dark jammy black currant. Spice and warmth in the mouth with good acidity and subtle, gripping tannins. Mid finish with dry acidity racing through the wine with the tannins providing a subtle roundness and elegance to the structure. Very fruit forward, with some of the spicy notes being slightly lost in the finish. Good example of a Languedoc wine.

7/10

Tasted: 6, March 2011; Decanted for an hour before tasting

Sight
Deep dark, black cherry red. Black fruits evident.

Smell
Black fruits – blackberry, black currant. Some jammy notes towards the back-end. Spice present, but it is largely fruit forward with an open nose which has benefited through an hour in the decanter. Slight oaky notes showing, but subtle on the nose.

Taste
Fruit forward with tannins following quickly behind and providing grip and moderate length. The wine is dry to the palate but there is vanilla oak providing some softer, mellow notes on the finish. Black fruits with spice. Hints of cassis and tannin providing structure and some length. Well balanced acidity providing a balanced structure.

7/10