Jones Carignan Vieux Cepages Vin de France, 2017

Carignan grapes came from two plots in Tuchan, both planted over 100 years ago. The wine is dense purple in colour with savoury meaty aromas. It is full bodied, concentrated and rich. As it opens in the glass, some more herbal notes are complemented by a long bitter cherry finish. It has a fine texture, and supple mid palate with a grippy tannic finale. Vines are farmed organically and the root structure of the old vines so well established that even in the driest of summers the vines remain lush and produce deliciously concentrated grapes. 10% of the wine was matured in two to three-year-old French oak barrels.