Fontsainte Corbieres Rouge 2023 (750ml) Rias Baixas

Fontsainte Corbieres Rouge 2023 (750ml) Rias BaixasAs much as I love Dolcetto and Beaujolais, I get a thrill when I dip my nose into a glass of wine and the first sensation I get is not one of fruit. Like many great southern French rouges, one whiff of this Corbires takes you to a spice cabinet or a Mediterranean field full of aromatic herbs. Combine these with notes of black cherries and black olives, and you have a sense of what this dark, succulent red is all about. Tom Wolf

with good mineral depth

it bursts forth with bombastic notions of creme de cassis

during which time we alternate different types of remontage

from a crop level of just 22 hectoliters per hectare): Deep

Demeter – Biodyvin

grilled meat and aged cheese

And then in the last two decades

rich & concentrated long finish

Neapolitan candies and lychee juice

which in my mind is shorthand for not being over-polished

It is still young

The palate is still quite high-toned