Jancis Robinson, 17/20 points: "Syrah, Grenache, Carignan on gneiss and granite. 5 hl/ha. Picked and sorted by hand. Macerated for three weeks and aged for 12 months in barrels that had been used for white-wine ageing. Leather and dried cranberries on the nose. Explodes in the mouth. So intense that it tastes as if the fruit has been on LSD. Catherine wheels of flavour: black cherries, cinnamon, menthol, cumin, red dust, cranberry sherbet poppers. I just love Roussillon! It seems to distil the very soul of the grapes into this fierce charge of concentrated flavour, but there is (almost always) the most fabulous acidity and freshness. You cannot feel the alcohol and the tannins have infused into the fruit. Superb." (TC)