Assemblage rouge
Languedoc, France

11,50 $ (265918)

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This is exactly the type of wine we need more of from France, an authentic wine with generosity that doesn't resort to confection and trickery. It's a syrah-grenache blend with deep colour, a generous nose of black and red fruit, spice and just a touch of tar and smoke. It's medium to full bodied, fairly dense and firm without being austere. There is some youthful, slightly brittle tannin; the length is good to very good. It could age a year. Score: 87(David Lawrason, WineAlign.com, Feb 2013)