2019 Domaine Hauvette "Cornaline" Alpilles Rouge

There's so much going on the nose, there's just such a density of aroma it's a little overwhelming at first. There's a little bit of horsiness at the front, but that slowly gives way to some gorgeous floral fruit. There's a bit of potpourri in there along with crunchy light red fruit and also some blackberries, and then a little bit of green pepper pyrazine and cedar at the very finish. The palate really lovely, with a little bit of that pyrazine showing, but then it goes right into crunchy and ripe red fruits, a little bit of cranberry, but also raspberry and even some black cherry towards the very end, there's a really nice grip of tannin but nothing that just a bite of food couldn't completely smooth out. This is such an impressive and serious wine, something you could put up against anything else France has to offer and probably give whatever it was a run for it's money. Sometimes you just feel lucky you got a wine introduced to you, and this is one of those.