2020 Château Puech-Haut Saint-Drezery Cuvée Prestige
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A blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah, the 2020 Languedoc Saint Drezery Prestige reveals a spicy, slightly oaky bouquet with aromas of dark wild berries, pencil lead, chocolate and ripe blackberries, followed by a concentrated, rich structure and a medium to full-bodied palate. This is a powerful and muscular Languedoc.
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Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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Leading off the reds and a blend of 60% Syrah, 30% Grenache, and the rest Carignan, the 2020 Languedoc Prestige is brought up all in concrete. It reveals a deep purple color as well as a complex nose of mulled red and black fruits, ground pepper, garrigue, and new saddle leather. Beautifully pure, medium to full-bodied, with silky tannins, it's perfectly balanced and an incredible representation of the terroir in the region. Some vintages require a touch of bottle age, but this is already showing brilliantly and should evolve for 7-8 years in cold cellars.
Full bottle 1,340 g. Syrah and Grenache blend. Leather, plums, raisin-malt loaf. Lavish fruit, lavish wine. Big, drenched with generosity of sunshine-laden ripeness. Liquorice and cassis and exuberant puppy licks of sloe-berry liqueur laced with star anise and allspice berries. Yet there is also a beetroot-sweet earthiness and a strong, cool, dry breath of thyme that connects this wine to its place. GV (TC)