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Danjou-Banessy Roboul Cotes Du Roussillon Villages 2024 | Danjou Banessy Roboul Cotes

This Roboul cuvee exudes lifted fruit aromas in abundance with blackberries blueberries pomegranates and also gentle garrigue notes. On the palate it is velvety with curious beautiful interest. There is a perfect balance between alcohol and acidity and it ends with a striking freshness. It's a marvelous wee wine. Full bottle 1 341 g. Single vineyard. 60 MourvA dre (20 years old) 40 Grenache (30 years old) on pudding stone clay sand and limestone tuffeau. Hand-picked; whole-bunch spontaneous fermentation; minimal cap work; very gently pressed. Fermented separately because the MourvA dre ripens so much later than the Grenache. 12 months in old oak barrels of 600 500 and 400 litres. "If IA'd not known what this wine was and put it to my nose my first guess would be Pinot Noir Tasmania. Rosehips. Nectarine skin. Hibiscus tea. Morels. Then after tasting it IA'd change my mind. IA'd wonder if this was Cinsault one of Alex MilnerA's wraith-like beauties perhaps: the bruised rose petals the ja