Domaine d'Escausses Braucol Les Anciens

Fermented and aged in stainless steel. 13% alcohol. Moderately translucent, pale cherry red color with a wide and almost completely colorless rim. The nose is open and expressive, but also very reductive at first with quite skunky tones upon opening. With some air the nose cleans up, revealing aromas of smoky charcoal, fresh red plums, sanguine iron, crunchy crowberries, some sappy vegetal tones, a little bit of inky character and a hint of blueberry. The wine is dry, crunchy and …

Fermented and aged in stainless steel. 13% alcohol. Quite deep and moderately opaque black cherry color with a translucent, ruby red rim. The brooding nose feels quite dark-toned and somewhat restrained with dense, savory aromas of smoke, some licorice root, light candied cassis tones (that remind me a bit of foxy Japanese red wines), a hint of brambly blackberry and a touch of black cherry. The wine is moderately full-bodied, somewhat extracted and a bit chewy on the palate with …