Domaine Bertrand – Les Petits Bois 2018 – Moulin-à-Vent

The nose is racy, fruity and offers a fine/finely tight grain. This wine should be decanted. It reveals notes of wild blackberry, small fleshy black fruits, small notes of fleshy cherry associated with touches of redcurrant/crushed raspberry as well as very fine hints of violet, pink laurel, discreet hints of spices and an imperceptible hint of vanilla pod (in the background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a juicy/finely acidulous frame, gourmandize, a fine fleshiness as well as a beautiful fleshy/juicy/pulpy fruit, a fine straightness, a certain complexity, precision, a fine grain, a beautiful finesse of the suavity, a beautiful finely unctuous matter and freshness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy blackberry, violet plum, small notes of small blue fruits associated with touches of cornflower, lilac as well as fine hints of racy minerality, sense of the place, a very discreet hint of vanilla pod and an imperceptible hint of sugared mild tobacco. Tannins are well-built and structuring.