Defialy 2024 Pyrenees Grenache Syrah ‘There Are No Stars’

"I think some people would like this wine. I for one had never understood nor cared for Pyrenees Grenache, but with this wine, I think I get it. Currants. This wine eddies around black and red currants, fresh and dried, with tributaries leading towards moss and wet river stones, leather and lavender, bush-garrigue, and dried herbs, all throughout an estuary of brown Christmas spices. Distinctly old-world in mouthfeel, there is a cooling, almost mentholated touch here, with a granular, Provence-like feel to the tannins. Cooked damsons, earth — and those damned currants again — form the core here with garrigue ebbing and flowing around at the edges." - David