Domaine La Madura – Classic 2021 – Saint-Chinian

The nose is racy, tense and offers a fine straightness. The wine needs to be decanted. There are notes of blackberry, fresh pepper and small notes of laurel berries/ grove associated with touches of liquorice stick and a discreet hint of almost roasted-fresh small fruits. The mouth is fruity and offers freshness, minerality, a small tension, precision as well as an aciduous frame. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of juicy/ pulpy blackberry, pulpy/acidulous cherry and small notes of bright red berries associated with touches of laurel berries, liquorice stick as well as hints of dry local grove and discreet hints of racy minerality. Supple and racy tannins. Good length. Sapidity.