The French generally consider Southern France to be too warm to produce good Syrah-dominant wines. Languedoc Cabrieres, however, has a high altitude, cool micro-climate better suited to Syrah. As a result, this wine has 55% Syrah and only 35% Grenache along with smaller quantities of Carignan and Cinsault.
Dark ruby color and dark berry smells and flavors of Syrah. Compared to the last bottle I had several months ago, this wine is now beginning to open up nicely, showing ripe fruit, flowers, spicy minerals and earth. The personality is clearly Southern Rhone/Languedoc. Good to drink now or later.
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