Mas Cal Demoura : Les Combariolles 2020

A layered and elegant blend of syrah, mourvèdre, carignan and grenache. Spiced cherries, fresh blueberries and dried thyme on the nose. Medium-bodied on the palate with velvety tannins delivering a round and sleek mouthfeel, with a fresh, fruit-expressive finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink now.

The minerality and the fruit’s crisp bite are elevated in this taffeta-like finish, enhanced by the wine’s roots in limestone gravel soils, clearly noticeable on the close. Notable freshness in a cuvée that offers an extra degree of precision compared with Terre de Jonquières, which was hardly lacking in that respect.

Cambariolles 2020, from the eponymous vineyard, is, as usual, a reserved and vertical wine in its youth. It is smoky, wild, very straight, with a pared-down, uncompromising structure. It has great pedigree and brilliantly expresses the tension of the limestone gravels.