Cuvée Paulou 2025 Region|Somerset

Cuvée Paulou 2025 Region|SomersetImmensely popular recent new Mazel cuve, now on its third vinatge. From vines much younger than the other long established reds of the domaine, it is a recent planting of Cinsault that transmits vitality and youthful energy. Put through the usual carbo treatment for 10 days as whole bunches, it shows an attractive vivid ruby in the glass and aromas give off those dusty dry spices so typical of the grape. Crackling with a bright, nervy energy, the

a big jigsaw puzzle of various grapes

There is a chiselled structure and profound minerality

salt crystals and white grapefruit hanging together in harmonious balance

silken and with along unwavering finish

Magnum bottling

sage and white flowers sitting beside saline freshness with ease

unconventional and most certainly under-the-radar Loire experimentalism

bouncing-ball of Riesling

The wine is aged for two years in Slavonian oak before bottling

the vines here are on a S/SW facing slope in a thin layer (40cm) of red clay with lots of little stones and thick compacted limestone beneath

plush and elegant

much like 2022 but with more rain just before harvest