Vibrant red wines tasted in 2021

The selected vibrant bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include 3 reds of Languedoc and 3 reds of Ardèche.

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2021 (between April and December). The tasting notes are listed by increasing prices, with the following format:

Appellation – producer – plot or brand – variety

Approximate price — vintage — general impression – on nose – on palate – after swallowing

Madiran — Denis Capmartin - Château Barréjat — Tradition — [60% tannat, 40% cabernet]

7.5 € — 2018 — broad on the palate, with a flavorful depth of black fruit, dark chocolate, and sweet baking spice

vin de France [Loire] wine label Vin de France [Loire] — Marc Houtin, Julien Bresteau, Gérald Pau - La Grange aux belles — Le Vin de jardin

9 € — 2020 — cherry - cherry, full, a hint of residual sugar, juicy, no stiffness, firm

Madiran — Christine Dupuy - Labranche-Laffont

9.1 € — 2018 — pure - blackcurrant, chocolate, intense - blackcurrant, dries a lot, frank but refreshing

Saint-chinian wine label Saint chinian — Jean-Marie Rimbert - Domaine Rimbert — Les Travers de Marceau — (carignan dominant, cinsault, syrah)

10 € — 2019 — faithful, reliable - red fruit, herbs from Provence - red fruit, herbs from Provence, structured but little drying, balanced

vin de France [Ardèche] wine label Vin de France [Ardèche] — Antonin Azzoni - Le Raisin & l’ange — Brân — (gamay)

11 € — 2020 — mocha - smooth, mocha, dense, balanced

Vin de france [Ardèche] — Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon — Le Canon d’Achille (première cuvée) — (cabernet sauvignon)

11 € — 2020 — pure, intense - blackcurrant - blackcurrant, happy, juicy but dries a little, firm

Vin de France [Languedoc] — Aymeric & Jordan Amiel - Domaine des Amiel — à Coural

11 € — 2020 — pure, powerful - red fruit - red fruit, structured, dry, balanced

Vin de table [Corbières] — Alban Michel - Les sabots d’Hélène — Pif not dead! — (caladoc, carignan)

11 € — 2019 — pure - red fruit - smooth, red fruit, juicy, balanced

Vin de France [Ardèche] — Antonin Azzoni - Le Raisin & l’ange — Fable — (syrah, grenache)

12 € — 2020 — pure, serve fresh, gourmand and not gourmet - raspberry and fresh blackberry, fine floral notes - small red fruit, juicy but heavy, firm

Vin de France [Gard, Vallée du Rhône] — Lori Haon - Domaine du petit Oratoire — En attendant les copains - rouge — (cinsault, grenache, syrah, carignan)

12 € — 2020 — pure - intense, raspberry, cherry, blackberry, mocha - small red fruit a little bitter, alert, little body, fluid but dry, leaky, balanced

Vin de France [Gard, Vallée du Rhône] — Lori Haon - Domaine du petit Oratoire — T’as poussé le bouchon ! — (syrah, cinsault, grenache, carignan)

9.5 € — 2020 — pure - blackcurrant, blackcurrant - blackcurrant, red fruit compote, full, juicy, balanced

Pécharmant — Barouillet

13 € — 2018 — red fruit - red fruit, dries up the palate and tongue, balanced

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