Domaine La Linquiere, La Sentenelle 310, Saint-Chinian, Languedoc-Rousillon, 2010

Tasting: Languedoc

Deep colour, quite rounded. Quite ripe spicy fruit, quite mouthfilling – a tannic streak, oaky tapenade notes.

Tasting: Languedoc

Saturated dense black red. Forceful Syrah aromas: huge charm, though a bretty edge too (it’s almost part of the charm, bizarrely). Deep, earthy, long and searching flavours: the Mourvedre proves its worth on the palate. This is a thunderously impressive, dramatic, dense, almost explosive wine of profound aromatic force. It’s had 18 months of oak, yet the inner resource of the wine is such that the oak isn’t at all obtrusive. Magnificent; monumental; not quite impeccable.

Tasting: Languedoc

Lifted , raspberry cordial scent. Rustic, vital wine. Just too lean