Domaine de Brousse Gaillac L’Affirme 2023 Region:Southwest France the Bout d’Zan never sits

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and salty minerality

velvety tannins and precocious acidity

The nose is one of the deepest and darkest we've ever gotten from a Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

There's a tension beneath its elegance that hints at something deeper

Domaine de Brousse Gaillac L’Affirme 2023 Region:Southwest France the Bout d’Zan never sitsAmandine Boissel makes this stunning wine from the traditional Gaillac red grape Duras. Organic farming, low intervention winemaking, brilliant results. This wine does something that many Southwest wines do, something surprisingly rare. It is drinkable nearly quaffable and friendly the tannins are pleasantly manageable as they jostle about the palate, but the flavors of this wine are so purely, unremittingly earthy that its fair to wonder if they