Domaine de la Navicelle – La Colle Noire 2011 – Côtes de Provence

The nose is fruity, concentrated and offers richness as well as gourmandise. It reveals notes of blackberry cream, cassis and fine notes of crushed wild red berries combined with a touch of wood, melted chocolate, praline, sweet spices, vanilla as well as a discreet hint of hazelnut and an imperceptible hint of garrigue / olive tree. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, precise and offers a nice mineral frame, a fine tension as well as a good definition. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, crushed cherry and crushed cassis combined with a fine hint of blueberry, flowers, touches of zan, toasted oak as well as a subtle hint of coffee, a discreet hint of Timut pepper and a very discreet hint of undergrowth / tobacco. Tannins are fine and very discreetly dry. Good length and good persistence.