Delas Cotes-du-Rhone 'Saint-Esprit' Rouge 2023

The 2022 Côtes-du-Rhône “Saint Esprit” bottling from Maison Delas is made from a cépages of sixty percent syrah and forty percent grenache, with the wine coming in at fourteen percent alcohol. The wine’s bouquet features scents of fruitcake, black raspberries, grilled venison, distant bonfire, pepper, garrigue and a nice base of stony soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very nicely balanced for the vintage, with a good core of fruit and soil inflection, moderate tannins and a long, complex and focused finish.