2022 Coteaux du Languedoc Prestige Rouge

Full bottle 1,354 g. 60% Grenache, 40% Syrah. The two varieties are vinified and aged separately. 12 months in third-use barrels. Towering power and rich magnificence. Black cherries and purple plums, dusty allspice fragrance, balsamic depth. The fruit is sensuous, the tannins are long and firm and dense and beautifully polished to a gleam. Coffee notes on the end. You really, really want this with a gorgeous venison pie or something like  fegato alla veneziana  (Venetian liver and onions) – anything rich and dark and gamey. (TC)