Chateau Brane Cantenac

Concentrated damson plum and black currant are backed by notes of dark chocolate

almost mineral in their definition

leaving very little nutrients to flow through to the grapes – hence

and Cinsault

The palate joins with what most tasters would describe as “mineral” or “earth

In the glass it’s a pale garnet that seems to breathe the folded geology of Pupillin’s clay-limestone hills

with excellent thrust and lingering florality

Altocedro’s La Consulta Red Blend is

"Hyperlush

who writes: “It reminds me slightly of what you might get from a great Pomerol… Building tannins

I learned of the Savoie and Roussette via a touch of snobbery and enthusiasm mixed up together

and a faint floral note that suggests crushed rose petal and dry herbs