Joé Chandellier Vin de France Costal

Half 2020 carbonic and half 2021 maceration blended together. Super sweet and perfumed nose, like being inside a packet of grape pastille candy. As the wine opened up, wet gravel and brambly notes came through on the nose. A little bit of VA but nothing detracting for me. This wine shone after an hour or two in glass, dark fruits really started kicking in and finishes nice and long. A sort of bitterness accompanies the drying tannins in a way …

P&p. Loads of violet, almost like opening a tin of violet pastilles, along with fresh, spicy, grapy, dark-reddish fruit and underlying earth; fresh and attractive. Similar on the palate, with a good dose of appetizing salinity and banging acidity. Ample fruit. Fresh and juicy. Spicy finish. Tasty, fun wine. Much better (and cleaner) than a bottle of a different wine from this producer that I tried previously; glad I gave the producer a second chance.