2022, Domaine Brusset, CAIRANNE Rouge, 'Hommage à André'Blend: Grenache, Mourvdre. The 2022 Hommage A Andre Brusset shows red and black fruits, ground pepper, and crushed stone in a mineral driven profile that needs a few years of bottle age. Nevertheless, it displays beautiful balance and elegance, with good concentration. This 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvdre blend was aged 12 months (80% in vats, 20% in 3 year old barrels) on fine lees without filtering. Give bottles 2 3 years and will drink well for at

Wafting from the glass with notes of dark berries

which will need a year or two to fully integrate

rounded tannins with seamless freshness and bags of red and black berry flavours

with muscles

focussed with extreme precision to the fruit profile with racy acidity unpinning the tannins which are at the fore

but there’s charm to this too with a clarity and cool freshness that is so moreish

tannins are silky and perfectly weighted giving roundness but also structure with a red berry juiciness and saline bite that is so compelling

plus a touch of black truffles

93-95 Allen Meadows

The palate is medium-bodied with finely-knit tannins

but this should still provide a couple of decade's drinking pleasure

so full of life