France

Vacqueyras

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The fifth vintage of this wine is the best I've tasted so far. It's from 0.5ha planted on clay-limestone soils with some large pebbles. The fruit is destemmed, fermented and then aged in large, old French oak vats. Intense and direct black fruits from the high Syrah component are joined by sweet loganberry notes which flood the palate. There's good aromatic definition and detail here, with a lovely sense of balance and plentiful, ripe and toothsome tannins. Darkly fruited, brightly aromatic.

Grenache / Garnacha

Syrah / Shiraz

Domaine Fontaine du Clos, Pince Lapin, Vacqueyras, Rhône, France, 2017

The fifth vintage of this wine is the best I've tasted so far. It's from 0.5ha planted on clay-limestone soils with some large p

Domaine Fontaine du Clos, Pince Lapin, Vacqueyras, 2017

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