D 66 Vin de Pays Des Cotes Catalanes Orin Swift Grenache Noir 2009

Haleine fantastique de l'intrigue sombre de la France, par l'intermédiaire de Californie Orin Swift, merci! Region in France is Catalanes,ignore 'region' from drop-down on website, and is made in Maury, France. Blend of stout but accessibly soft 80% Grenache, 12% Syrah, 8% Carignan; nose of black currents and unsweetened Dutch chocolate. Soft mouthfeel tastes black raspberry jam, phosphate licorice tickle-fizz, pomegranate flavors with graphite fluid, concord black purple with slight pepper-cardamom back pallet edge, short clean finish. Pure exquisite silky exuberance in a glass...after glass. The creamy pepper satin smooth rolled-edge shape across the pallet -just by letting it open 1 hour, has sincerely pushed this non-plussed elegant wine to easily 96 pts. Exactly the complex conundrum I expect from others vin in 20 times this price point will offer. Bravissimo, Monsieur David Phinney.