Maison Cassagne et Vitailles – Combarels 2024 – Pays d’OC IGP

(bottled a week ago before the tasting) Beautiful tense, precise, structured, racy nose that offers a small freshness. There are notes of stone fruit and small notes of yellow peach associated with small touches of kumquat, small yellow fruits as well as an imperceptible spicy hint. The mouth is fresh, gourmande, elegant, tense and offers precision, acidity as well as a stretched side. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of juicy/ pulpy peach, apricot and small notes of stone associated with touches of small yellow fruits, golden apple as well as hints of quinte, slight hints of sweet spices, flowers and a discreet almost beeswax / toasted hint. Good length. Beautiful juiciness and brightness of the fruit and salinity in the background. An almost discreet tannic hint on the finish/ persistence. A subtle hint almost mandarine in the background.