La Romaine – L’originale 2018 – Côtes du Rhône Villages, Vaison La Romaine

The nose is aromatic, racy and offers a certain power as well as a garrigue side. It reveals notes of rosemary, thyme flowers, small notes of blackberry associated with small red fruits, grey pepper, sage as well as fine hints of racy minerality (dry ground) and an imperceptible hint of tobacco/Badiane. The palate is mineral, fresh, racy and offers fluidity, tension as well as a fine concentration. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy/fresh blackberry, fresh cassis, small notes of violet associated with touches of laurel berries, rosemary, thyme, sage, raspberry/small juicy red fruits, hints of white pepper, fresh mild tobacco as well as a subtle hint of nutmeg, saffron and a racy/almost saline minerality. Good length. There is a subtle hint of toasted almond, hazelnut and sugared mild tobacco in the finish/persistence.