2021, Domaine de Mourchon, CÔTES-DU-RHÔNE, AOC, Villages Séguret, 'Family Syrah'

100% Syrah

Grown on 60 Year old vines on pure grey sandstone on steep slopes. The family Syrah is very deep purple in colour – almost ink like – with a nose suggesting black currents, plums and liquorice on a spicy background. The palate is elegant and long with pronounced fruit intensity and powerful tannins.

Dark lustrous, purplish crimson. Broad, waxy nose with the merest hint of reduction but still very obviously Syrah. Definitely skinnier with less mouth-filling fruit on the mid palate than the Family Grenache. But it certainly has its own charm. Good balance and the tannins are already more integrated with the fruit than in the Family Grenache. Long. Interesting wine. A local expression of Syrah? 16.5 Jancis Robinson (2023)

Drinking Window: 2023 - 2030