2006 Cuvée des Oliviers, Massamier, RED Mignarde, VDP Coteaux des Peyriac

Perennial favourite at BBR and, it should be said, several of its prestigious restaurant customers, Franz Venes’ Cuvée des Oliviers is a blend of 30% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 30% Carignan, 20% Cinsault, 10% Syrah and 10% Grenache. It is juicy but with a Southern French concentration, manifested by hints of herbs, licorice and spice adorning a bedrock of ripe fruit, of both red and black complexion.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)