Domaine Notre Dame des Pallieres Sablet "L'Olivet", 2019 France sweet + spiced mandarin orange

sweet + spiced mandarin orange

Ercavio is a beautiful expression of Tempranillo (known regionally as "Cencibel")

rightfully so

Each are aged individually for six months on 3-year-old French Oak Barrels and then blended together to age for a minimum of six additional months in bottle

Domaine Notre Dame des Pallieres Sablet "L'Olivet", 2019 France sweet + spiced mandarin orangeHay, barnyard, limestone. Herbs, black peppercorn, black currant, anise + hickory root. Dark fruit on palate, taut blackberry and orange peel; a black beauty. 40 year old vines from hillsides above the village of Gigondas. Notre Dame des Pallires is a very old family estate (led by Claude Roux and his two children Isabelle and Julien) named for the water source at the edge of the Estate believed to heal people from a great plague in the middle ages.