Labouré-Roi Fixin 2023 – Fixin

(barrel sample) The wine has a bright ruby color, of medium intensity. The first nose offers freshness and a fine sappy hint (pine sap, pine needles). After aeration, we find notes of roasting (toasted hazelnut, coffee, a hint of chocolate in the background), sweet spices (liquorice, nutmeg, a touch of cumin), fresh fruits (red cherry, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, a hint of cranberries), as well as peppermint. The palate offers on the attack a basket of ripe fruits (red cherry, morello cherry, raspberry, cranberry juice, garnet), spicy and toasted notes in the middle of the palate (liquorice, nutmeg, white pepper, toasted hazelnut), as well as a hint of sap, fresh wood and pine needles. Tannins are firm, well-built and not dry. Liveliness, salivating acidity, good persistence in the mouth. The woody and sappy notes are present, but well balanced by the fruitiness of the wine.