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Vibrant red wines tasted in 2022

The selected vibrant bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. You may look up the availability of wines if you enter a location name in the search box at the top of the page.

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

USD 16 — 2019 — black fruit, spice, floral fragrances - fruit-forward, accessible, dries the mouth, full but with balanced acidity

Vin-de-France wine labelVin de France — Domaine Navarre — Vin d’Œillades, (œillade, une variété de cinsault, grains plus allongés) (macération carbonique) — (schistes bruns) [sulfite total : 30 mg/l]

USD 17 — 2021 — red fruit - red fruit, tasty and round, can be served slightly chilled

Vin de France [Ardèche] — Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon — Chapeau melon — (merlot de cuve)

USD 18 — 2021 — intense - yellow pepper, plum - yellow pepper, plum, dense, dries the mouth, easy, round

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

USD 18 — 2021 — pure - blackcurrant, blackcurrant - blackcurrant, red fruit compote, full, juicy, balanced acidity

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

USD 18 — 2020 — faithful, reliable - red fruit, herbs from Provence - red fruit, herbs from Provence, structured but little drying, balanced acidity

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

USD 19 — 2021 — a delight! - lively fruit, superb balance, freshness and fluidity

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

USD 20 — 2021 — pure, powerful - red fruit - red fruit, structured, dry, balanced acidity

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

USD 20 — 2020 — pure - red fruit - smooth, red fruit, juicy, balanced acidity

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

USD 20 — 2021 — pure, serve at a cool temperature, 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)

USD 21 — 2021 — pure - intense, raspberry, cherry, blackberry, mocha - small red fruit a little bitter, gourmand but alert, little body, fluid but dry, leaky, balanced acidity

Pécharmant wine labelPécharmant — Vincent Alexis - Barouillet

USD 22 — 2020 — red fruit - red fruit, less tannic than previous vintages, fresher

Vin de France [Gard, Vallée du Rhône] — Lori Haon - Domaine du petit Oratoire — Loratoire — (cinsault, grenache)

USD 23 — 2020 — - at the same time very fluid, fresh and delicious

Terre Siciliane — Azienda agricola COS — Frappato

USD 29 — 2020 — red fruit - red fruit, juicy, refreshing

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