Domaine d'Aupilhac, Mont Baudile, Le Carignan 2006 GRASSL Blended of 85% Merlot

Blended of 85% Merlot

Lovely energy and complexity – showing a charming and elegant side of the 1993 vintage

old-school

Purer palate than others and a thwack of tannins at the end

Darker aromas of cassis

Domaine d'Aupilhac, Mont Baudile, Le Carignan 2006 GRASSL Blended of 85% MerlotThree generations of Fadats have farmed the large, eighteen hectare lieu dit known as Aupilhac, in the village of Montpeyroux, across the river Hrault from Daumas Gassac and Grange des Pres. While the Fadats have farmed this land since the nineteenth century, and the vineyards date even farther back to the time of the Romans, it was not until 1989 that the current member of the Fadat family, Sylvain, finally registered the domaine as a vigneron