Domaine de l'Hortus Terrasses du Larzac Clos du Prieur

A choice selection from Wines Direct Explorers Club here in Ireland. The wine comes from the small 10 hectares plot of Clos du Prieur in the French village of Saint Jean de Bueges, and the daughter Marie of the wine family Orliac, and the Domaine L'Hortus. Its a blend of Syrah and Grenache, and on the nose, the initial aromas are of black fruits, with the fruitiness shining through. The expectation was for a dark brooding wine, but once in …