RKS 2024 Wine: Château Laurou Les Complices 2020 from Fronton

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Fronton is a small appellation consisting of 2,400 hectares.

The wine is a blend of 65% Négrette and 35% Syrah.

Négrette contributes a wonderfully silky texture and raspberry perfume the best wines.

Aroma: Raspberry, blackberry, black cherry and licorice. Meaty.

Palate: Definite tannins here in a thickly structured wine. The fruit is buried in the wine meaning it is playing peekaboo. But with some concentration pluck out chalky blackberry and blueberry. Hints of pepper on a broad finish.

Personality: I am a bit of a Boxer from “Animal Farm” namely honest and solid but kilometers from elegance.

Food Match: A Bucky Burger.

Cellarbility: Best consumed by 2025-year end.

Price: $20 CDN.

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 89/100. Wine Align 89.

(Château Laurou Les Complices 2020, AOP Fronton, Lionel Osmin & Cie, Pau, France, 750 mL, 13.5%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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