Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup – Saint Agnes 2019 – Pic Saint Loup

The nose is spicy and offers a certain controlled richness, intensity as well as a slight straightness. The wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of pepper, cloves and small notes of toasted rosemary associated with touches of blackberry, cherry, slight hints of crushed blueberry as well as hints of gray pepper and a slight hint of lavender. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers juiciness, suavity, a certain freshness, controlled / well framed richness, agood definition, fat, tension, energy as well as a certain purity. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of crushed raspberry, bright blueberry and small notes of Bigarreau cherry combined with touches of rosemary, violet, lavender, hints of nutmeg, spices and a hint of tobacco. and a subtle hint of grilled aromatic herbs (in the background). Tannins are precise, structuring and slightly mellow. Good length.