Domaine Lafage Bastide Miraflors Cotes du Roussillon Red Blend 2020 Rated 90WA

Wine Advocate Review
Rated 90
Tasted twice, two months apart, with consistent notes, the 2020 Cotes du Roussillon Bastide Miraflors is a 70-30 blend of Syrah and Grenache, aged in demi-muids and concrete tanks, respectively. There's a hint of peppermint, but the primary focus here is on the fruit, ranging from blueberries and mulberries into darker notes of plum and dark chocolate. It's full-bodied and creamy in texture, with deliciously supple, soft tannins, which make it exceptionally easy to drink now, but maybe not particularly long-lived. Drink 2022-2027.

Wine Tasting Notes
A custom cuvee for European Cellars and a joint project between Eric Solomon and Jean-Marc Lafage, Domaine Lafage Bastide Miraflors Cotes du Roussillon Red Blend is a cuvee created from old vine Grenache (30%) grown on the schist and granite soils of Saint-Paul de Fenouillet, a terroir that always ripens late in the year, and Syrah (70%) from gravelly soils near the Mediterranean.