Chapoutier "Terra d' Or" Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence 1998

Deep, saturated, red.

Dense, packed nose shows some heat. Black fruit reduction, hints of menthol/black olive/fig and molasses. Carignan? Can't remember what's in this. Smells loaded, like a top-notch Priorat.

Quite intense in the mouth too, again, like Priorat. Acid/alcohol-driven intensity is somewhat simplistic/rustic. Slight burnt note. But this has great depth. Old vines must be involved here.

Day 4 - Burnt/flat nose (same as yesterday). Dead in the water.

$40-45 on release.