$30.99 on 6+ Gramenon (Code: 6saves2)

90% Grenache / 10% Cinsault

2023: 92 points Decanter
"Good depth of colour. Captures all that juicy, exuberant young-vine Grenache fruit. Fresh and easygoing, this is soft and juicy, with velvety tannins. Such a lovely, appealing, friendly wine. Full of fruit, with a gentle structure. It's ripe but not jammy, and very well balanced, with no access alcohol. Plenty of of whole bunches, from vines aged five to 40 years; grapes are lightly crushed, 12-15 days maceration, one pumpover per day, matured in concrete, sulphited only after malolactic, no other corrections.(MW)" (11/2024)

2023: ***(*) JLL
steady red colour; the nose is a combo of raspberry and blackberry, is upfront, carries a little sweetness. The palate presents a good flow of black fruit, with juiced freedom, fruit bursts, holds fine grain tannins, leads into a solid close, the length sound. It needs another nine months. 90% Gren, 10% Cins. From 2025. 2029-30 Feb 2024

90-100% Grenache (late 1970s-late 1990s), 0-10% Syrah, 0-10% Cinsault, from notably clay, some limestone soils, 75% destemmed, 12-15 day vinification, daily pumping overs, 25% vinified by maceration carbonique, concrete vat raised 5-6 months, pumping overs, unfined, unfiltered, 1 gm/hl sulphur only at bottling, organic, biodynamic wine, “drink with salads, crudités, grills, lamb”, 18-20,000 b

This wine brings a BIG smile to my face, the Poignee de Raisin is the epitome of satisfaction and is just utterly delicious! You would have to be in pretty bad despair not to enjoy this cheerful and delicious number that punches over it's weight class a few levels! A chateauneuf in all but name!