Domaine Lafage Lafage Narassa 2023 750ml

Structured and profound, showing dark plums, blackberries, cocoa and baking spices. Full-bodied with creamy texture and tannins. Polished and well-built, with a dense, persistent finish. Drink or hold.

A blend of Grenache and Syrah, generally in about a 4:1 ratio, the 2020 IGP Cotes Catalanes Narassa features appealing, complex aromas of violets and plummy fruit, reminiscent of blackberries and blueberries. Picked as two separate harvests—one in September and one in November—and then blended, this is full-bodied, richly concentrated and fleshy, with a velvety finish that shows a touch of warmth. It’s winter-weight wine, for sure. (Joe Czerwinski)

A blend of Grenache and Syrah, generally in about a 4:1 ratio, the 2020 IGP Cotes Catalanes Narassa features appealing, complex aromas of violets and plummy fruit, reminiscent of blackberries and blueberries. Picked as two separate harvests — one in September and one in November — and then blended, this is full-bodied, richly concentrated and fleshy, with a velvety finish that shows a touch of warmth. It’s winter-weight wine, for sure.

A hedonistic, robust style, with a cascade of blackberry and cassis lined with spices, dusty earth and lashings of sweet vanilla and oak. This is stitched together by soft tannins as it glides through the smoke-tinged finish. Harmonious and mouthfilling. Grenache and Syrah. Drink now. 5,000 cases made, 4,000 cases imported.

Lush aromas of cinnamon, star anise and caramel give a rich spiciness to the ripe aromas of strawberry and black plum on the lavish nose of this bottling. The palate is very unctuous as well, with licorice, spice cake and baked strawberry flavors.

Supple, caressing and mouthfilling, with plum paste and fig on a ripe, creamy palate. Salty mineral undercurrents cruise through, and bolts of graphite ground the finish, which firms up a bit and features alder smoke and herbs. Grenache and Syrah. Drink now. 8,000 cases made, 4,000 cases imported.