"Racy berries, peppery spices, dried thyme, oregano and red earth. Medium-bodied with firm tannins. Harmonious and spicy with bright berries on the mid-palate before a savory finish. Drink or cellar." (James Suckling 2022)
Features
Estate
Domaine Bardi d'Alquier
Cuvée
Les Premières
Vintage
2020
Designation
Faugères
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre
Terroirs
Grey schist soils, lower slopes, rocky soils and scattered vegetation
Viticulture
In conversion to organic farming
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Partial destemming, long vatting, unfiltered bottling
Breeding
12 to 14 months in partially new barrels
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Ruby-red colour, full of freshness and luminosity, with violet highlights
Nose
Warm and well-balanced, expressing notes of pepper and spices.
Mouth
Round and silky, with fine, supple tannins, beautiful harmony
Serve
Decant at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with oven-roasted pigeon, lobster andouillette, matured beef carpaccio, turbot cooked au naturel with honeyed carrots, truffle ravioli, 24-month-aged Comté cheese...
Domaine Bardi d'Alquier
Faugères
Expert opinion
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the domain :
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated wine (guide 2024 ) 91/100
Domaine rated (guide 2024) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the wine:
Les Premières, made from the earliest-ripening young vines, is a fine introduction to this balanced, dense 2020 vintage. Spicy notes and a blood orange finish.
About the domain :
Sophie and Thibaud Bardi de Fourtou took over this historic Faugères estate in 2017. The wines we tasted for this edition are the latest witnesses to the transition from Jean-Michel Alquier to the new owners. The couple's aim? To perpetuate the style of the house, whose vineyards are dominated by old syrahs from massal selections (among the first planted in Languedoc in the 1960s by Jean-Michel Alquier's father, Gilbert), complemented by mourvèdre and grenache. We're keeping a close eye on this new development.
James Suckling
Rated wine (guide 2022) 91/100
About the wine:
Racy berries, peppery spices, dried thyme, oregano and red earth. Medium-bodied with firm tannins. Harmonious and spicy, with lively berry fruit on the mid-palate before a savory finish. For drinking or cellaring.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
5/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. JEAN-LUC P. Published on 19/08/2024
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