MARQUES DE CARCERES GAUDIUM 2014 Bottle:1 Domaine Champalou is a family-run

Domaine Champalou is a family-run French wine company that has been creating excellent and authentic wines in the Vouvray appellation of Loire Valley for the past two decades

with dusty tannins vying for attention with the fruit on the lingering finish

The juicy red fruit is complemented by spice and oak that is coming from the 10 months in French oak barrels of different ages

Monforte d’Alba and Novello

MARQUES DE CARCERES GAUDIUM 2014 Bottle:1 Domaine Champalou is a family-runMeaty berry and plum aromas are dark and solid. A saturated palate shows full extraction of ripe Tempranillo fruit; but in the end, this feels a bit blocky and stumpy. Blackberry, vanilla and savory spice notes finish mostly with creamy oak and latent vanilla. This is ripe, intense, oaky and powerful.