Domaine de Cebene À La Venvole Faugères

Jancis Robinson: 17 pts
The second vintage of this cuvée designed to showcase the elegance of Faugères but meant for earlier drinking. From the vines around the cave. Grenache, a bit of Syrah and some Carignan, young and old. À la Venvole is an old French expression meaning à l’improviste or unexpectedly. Certified organic. Brigitte Chevalier describes this as un vin de bistronomie.

Bright, pale crimson. Chock-full of sweet, youthful fruit. Beautifully juicy, unavoidably swallowable. Tannins are hardly there until the very end, but the schist of Faugères is. You’d want to drink this with food but you’d have difficulty resisting getting to the bottom of the bottle.