Tight tannins help to stitch it together into a comprehensive whole

Blackberry jam

There is outstanding richness to the fullbodied and attractively textured flavors that possess good muscle yet the overall mouth feel is relatively refined and this sense of refinement continues onto the powerful and moderately austere but well-balanced finale

making it powerful but extremely fresh

45 ha holding in both Montée de Tonnerre proper and Chapelot)

Pla del Fount, Maury Vintage:1939 Tight tannins help to stitch100% Grenache Noir. Extinct domaine just uphill of Mas Amiel. Very dark, blackish tawny. Intense but possibly just a very little old wood on the nose. But lovely richness and polish. Thick and treacly. Like fermented treacle toffees.