2023 Domaine Clos du Rouge Gorge (Cyril Fhal) - Igp Cotes Catatanes Jeune Vignes (750ml) available at Manhattan Wine Company in New York, Ny

Plant Some seriously pure wine here, silky, satiny with so much depth, yet wrapped in an easy drinking frame. This is a wine that says be damned to the strict.

The Vieilles Vignes (VV) bottling is primarily Carignan with a touch of Grenache, and will benefit from a decant before sampling; vine ages range from 50-100.

2020 Domaine Clos du Rouge Gorge (Cyril Fhal) - Igp Cotes Catalanes Carignan Vielles Vignes (750ml) available at Manhattan Wine Company in New York, Ny

Cyril Fhal's Cotes Catalanes Blanc is quite coveted as it hails from 70-year-old Macabeu vines growing on hillsides of gneiss and orthogneiss; expect.

Plant A stunning wine. Fruity, taut, fresh and intense, with notes of white pear, quince and stones. The finish is elegant, saline and mineral.

Plant This is simply one of the transcendent wines that we've tried in a long while. Cyril Fhal upped and moved down south after making wine in Loire.

Plant Cyril Fhal came to the Roussillon from the Loire Valley and found small parcels of north-facing hillside vineyards on gneiss, near the village of Latour-de-France,.

A relatively new cuvée called the Col du Loup, from a vineyard site that Cyril planted in 2014 to Grenache Noir. The astounding results have already.

The Ubac Blanc is from an insanely steep, rare parcel of Cinsault co-planted in gneiss soils with 70-year-old Grenache Gris, and we only receive a tiny bit.

Plant A wine of great depth and delicacy, with a complex nose and notes of black fruit. A palate that's rich, yet not overly effusive, and marked.