Eric Texier

Brézème

2020

Côtes du Rhône

Rhône Valley

France

Say It

Eh-REEK Tex-YAY Bray-ZEM

Varietal

Syrah

Flavors & Qualities

Blackberry

Black Pepper

Grilled Meat

Linked Character

Organic

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Palate Character

Round & Fleshy

This Wine Your Palate

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This is a predominantly Round & Fleshy wine, but it shares structural nuances of Tone & Backbone as described in the tasting note below.

Tasting Notes

Straddling Round and Fleshy, Tone and Backbone, Eric Texier's Brézème shows upfront lush blackberry and red berry fruit, and apparent tannins that follow. The wine continues to unfold with tobacco, grilled meat, and a smokey minerality, along with a bevy of black pepper and licorice spice.

COLOR

Red/Violet Tinge

BODY

TANNIN

ACIDITY

SWEET

ALCOH.

13%

GRAPE(S)

Syrah

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Why this wine made the cut…

Punches above your run of the mill Côtes du Rhône, seriously complex.

GRAPE VARIETAL(S)

Syrah

100% See-RA

Syrah is widely planted throughout the world, but that was not so until the late twentieth century when Syrah was principally grown in the Rhone Valley and, as Shiraz, in Australia. Stylistically, the Palate Character of Syrah can vary depending on ripeness from a rich Round & Fleshy, Tone & Backbone, to a Powerful & Extracted. The flavors and aromas can also vary with a dark, sometimes sweet, fruit character, varying amount of spice, floral, and earth, and smoke, and meaty aromas and flavors.

Country / State

France

Region

Rhône Valley

Sub Region

Côtes du Rhône

Producer

Eric Texier

Winemaker(s)

Eric Texier

Vintage

2020