Wine name: Domaine Jean-Charles Aubert. Producer: Robert Brunel, 84550 Mornas. Vintage: 2010. Purchased from Carrefour. Appearance beetroot purple, thick and viscous on the glass with blackberries, black cherries, forest floor aromatics. The attack is quite soft yet with good extraction, and a slight sweetness. Evolution: Very dry, tannic, forest fruits and tree bark with a finish which is blackcurrants in the nose, very tannic and woody on the swallow. Sweetness: 0.5. Acidity: 4. Tannin: 5 with a texture which is very rough. The length is excellent. As for balance, this is hugely tannic and would have nicely lived another 10 years if I'd given it a chance, yet the body balances it and it's very drinkable. The wine has a cork closure and is 13.5% abv. Overall, this wine went beautifully with 4-hour-stewed lamb & Guinness pie with cheesy scone topping (recipe on request!). My score (which is NOT the same as Robert Parker's!) is 85 points.
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