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Domaine de l'Horizon
France Roussillon
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2016 Côtes Catalanes IGP Rouge, Roussillon, France

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Clear, polished, noble, dense cherry and berry nose with fine herbal aromas, dried flowers and some pepper as well as a hint of gravy. Clear, polished, very juicy, noble fruit, animating acid bite and very fine tannins, amarena cherries on the palate, light clove spice and allspice, a hint of chocolate, persistent and dense on the palate, rather light minerality, has life and freshness, multi-layered, very good, taut, juicy and finely spiced finish.

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Last reviewed: 23 March, 2024
Price: 36.00 € find+buy
Type: Rotwein(Red wine)
Quantity: 0.75 L
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Organic labeling: Biodynamic wine
Bottle closure: Natural cork
Maturing: Barrique and cement
Varieties: Carignan, Grenache Noir
Registration number: DHo-L140817
wein.plus rating: excellent (92 WP)
Last reviewed: 2 November, 2019
Best to drink: 2020-2028+.
Editor note: Rather fine, tight, deep and rather cool scent of cherries and predominantly dark berries with tobacco and slightly peppery aromas, Provence herbs, a hint of tobacco, bacon and clear minerality. Clean, firm and rather juicy, youthful fruit, fine, ripe tannin and lively acidity, herbal aromas, delicately peppery and spicy, clear minerality, lasting, good depth, still young, has tension and freshness, very good, quite firm, juicy and finely spicy finish.

More about Carignan Noir

Synonym (also Carignan, Carignane, Carignano) for the grape variety Mazuelo; see there

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More about Grenache Noir

Synonym for the grape variety Garnacha Tinta; see there.
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More about Roussillon Show in places

The wine-growing region lies deep in the south of France and is the southern part of the huge Languedoc-Roussillon area (see history there). The first...

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The Republic of France with its capital Paris covers 632,734 km². It is an intercontinental state in Western Europe with overseas territories. The national territory is located on all...

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