Maison de la Chapelle – Les Bâtardes 2020 – Irancy

A nice nose that offers intensity, flesh, a certain power as well as a discreetly tight grain. The beneficiates from being decanted. It reveals notes of crushed purple plum, crushed blackberry, and more slightly – hints of bright red fruits associated with touches of caramelisation as well as a slight hint of Sichuan pepper and vanilla. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, a nice tangy frame, minerality, fullness, as well as some purity of the fruit. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy black cherry, bright purple plum and more slightly notes of raspberry associated with hints of bright cherry as well as hints of tonka bean, vanilla, and toasted hazelnut. Good length and sapidity. Nice persistence.