Warm and balanced with notes of black fruit, toast and cinnamon, this nose will evolve with time. More complex tertiary aromas will complete this beautiful palette. Silky and round on the palate, this vintage boasts fine, supple tannins. Very harmonious, with a long finish. Decant an hour before tasting.
Features
Estate
Domaine Bardi d'Alquier
Cuvée
Les Bastides d'Alquier
Vintage
2020
Designation
Faugères
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
Syrah, Grenache (vignes de 65 ans), Mourvèdre
Terroirs
Soils with schistous components, south-facing hilltops and slopes
Viticulture
In conversion to organic farming
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Total destemming, cold maceration, long vatting, pumping over, unfiltered.
Breeding
18 months in foudres and Burgundy barrels
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Deep purple hue
Nose
Seduces with its warmth and the finesse of its grilled, smoky, coffee and black fruit aromas, all in complexity.
Mouth
Round, silky with fine tannins, harmonious notes of liquorice and coffee on the finish.
Serve
Decant at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before service
Drink before
2031+
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with magret à l'orange, prime rib, garlic-crusted stuffed leg of lamb, pot-au-feu with marrow bone...
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
Wine rated (guide 2024) 92/100
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:
More muscular, Les Bastides delivers intense aromas of wild pepper, spices and salivating bitters.
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 2023) 91/100
About the wine:
Currants, undergrowth, leather, bark and spices. Medium-bodied, with firm tannins. Serious and structured, with a juicy core of red fruit in the middle and a wide range of Mediterranean spices and herbs on the finish. For drinking or cellaring.
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