Jones Syrah Vieux Cepages Vin de France, 2017

Deep purple in colour, Jones Vieux Cépages Syrah has appealing dark fruits, black cherries, damson jam and dark chocolate. On the palate it is soft and smooth with medium weight. It is supple with black fruit flavours and a bitter black cherry finish. The Syrah grapes came from two vineyards both planted over forty years ago. One planted at 350 metres which brings freshness and acidity, the other sited lower in the valley between Tuchan and Paziols gives richness and concentration. A quarter of the wine was aged in French one-year oak barrels for a year.