Darnault & Maris
Lieu-dit La Senche Paroisse de La Livinière Red Blend
Languedoc Roussillon, France
Old world meets the new world; fruit forward with black cherries and black raspberries but subtle new French oak undertones. Imagine walking down a hiking trail with a huge basket of freshly picked wild black and dark red berries while eating licorice. Then you stumble upon a freshly built pine and cedar log cabin surrounded by vast amounts of wild rose bushes. That's this wine! It's crazy how 14.5% Syrah/Grenache blend can transfer into a medium acid and medium bodied gem. The finish gives you a serious dose of saw dust and huge amounts of dark fruit for days. Tannins remind you of someone hitting you in the face with Lincoln Logs; it doesn't hurt but you feel it. New world people will be happy and old world people will be happy. This wine comes in peace. Cheers!
Old world meets the new world; fruit forward with black cherries and black raspberries but subtle new French oak undertones. Imagine walking down a hiking trail with a huge basket of freshly picked wild black and dark red berries while eating licorice. Then you stumble upon a freshly built pine and cedar log cabin surrounded by vast amounts of wild rose bushes. That's this wine! It's crazy how 14.5% Syrah/Grenache blend can transfer into a medium acid and medium bodied gem. The finish gives you a serious dose of saw dust and huge amounts of dark fruit for days. Tannins remind you of someone hitting you in the face with Lincoln Logs; it doesn't hurt but you feel it. New world people will be happy and old world people will be happy. This wine comes in peace. Cheers!
2 people found it helpfulSep 17th, 2016
My favorite French wine ever! This blend is medium bodied and very low on oak and smoke, and made in the fruit forward -- dare I say it -- Washington/California style. It has wonderful dark cherry and blueberry tones. This is the French wine for people who hate French wine!
My favorite French wine ever! This blend is medium bodied and very low on oak and smoke, and made in the fruit forward -- dare I say it -- Washington/California style. It has wonderful dark cherry and blueberry tones. This is the French wine for people who hate French wine!
Apr 7th, 2016We loved this. Great flavors, not too dry or oakey or anything. Great blend and goes wonderfully with pasta. My husband absolutely loved it. We normally like more strong and forward wines and this was was just a good medium wine. Seems like it would go with anything.
We loved this. Great flavors, not too dry or oakey or anything. Great blend and goes wonderfully with pasta. My husband absolutely loved it. We normally like more strong and forward wines and this was was just a good medium wine. Seems like it would go with anything.
May 2nd, 2016