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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.

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2022 (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]

8 € — 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]

9 € — 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)

9.3 € — 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)

9.5 € — 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)

10 € — 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)

11 € — 2021 — a delight! - lively fruit, superb balance, freshness and fluidity

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

11 € — 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)

11 € — 2020 — pure - red fruit - smooth, red fruit, juicy, balanced acidity

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

12 € — 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)

12 € — 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

13 € — 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)

14 € — 2020 — - at the same time very fluid, fresh and delicious

Terre Siciliane — Azienda agricola COS — Frappato

19 € — 2020 — red fruit - red fruit, juicy, refreshing

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