Seductive ripe, dark red fruit and floral notes with pepper, fynbos and fennel spices, and a good dollop of minerality. A long, lingering, well balanced after taste of succulent fruit with excellent tannin structure. We recommend ageing of 5 to 10 years during which time sediment may be deposited in the bottle, and that this wine be decanted.

A dark and expressive Languedoc red showing intense aromas of blackberry, black cherry, and plum layered with garrigue herbs, cracked pepper, and hints of olive tapenade. The palate is structured and Mediterranean in feel, with ripe but firm tannins, fresh acidity, and a concentrated core of dark fruit wrapped in savoury spice and stony minerality from the schist soils of Faugères. Powerful yet balanced, finishing long and slightly smoky with lingering black fruit, herbs, and a distinctly mineral edge.