Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot Les Carretals Minervois 2022

Les Carretals offers a compelling combination of richness, textural refinement, levity, and energy. Burley tobacco, blackberry, cassis, rosemary oil tweak the nose and stain the palate, informing a satin-textured, palpably extract-rich, viscous, yet at the same time buoyant and vibrant matrix. As with so many of the most successful wines from this new estate, a high-toned, esterous suggestion of distilled fruits, herbs, and flowers shadows this all the way through its gripping yet at the same time soaring and exhilarating finish. I feel sure that it will fascinate and delight for more than a decade.