Aurelien Chatagnier Collines Rhodaniennes Le Crêt Louison

This is drinking wonderfully with some slight aeration/decanting. Color: dark, inky Nose: balsamic, rhubarb, cooked red fruit Taste: apple butter, jam, little bit of earth, dark fruit

So black, so inky. High acid. Very drinkable with food. Delicious.

Drank over an evening over 6 hours. Clearly northern Rhône with quite a bit of olive and a bit of pepper on the nose. Very black fruited body with solid but not overly obtrusive tannin that never developed particular complexity (was decanted), but was very solid for its price level. I thought I picked up some oak initially, but that appeared to fade with air.