Les Hauts de Castelmaure 2018, Corbières

Description

Embres-et-Castelmaure is a tiny village to the south of Corbières, with around 150 residents, all of whom are families of grape growers. The village’s local cooperative makes this wine from Grenache, Syrah and Carignan hand-picked from high altitude plots, with vines aged up to 80 years old. An expressive and open red, this has notes of damson jam and cassis, and that unmistakable ‘garrigue’ aroma of heather and wild thyme.