From red iron and manganese-rich granite soils and vinified in 60-hectoliter oak vats, the 2020 Côte Roannaise Perdrizière offers a pure, fresh and minerally spicy, very elegant bouquet of perfectly ripe dark and brighter fruits, even cherries but also with these characteristic floral notes. On the palate, this is a generous, very energetic, tensioned and salty Gamay with a long and tight but stimulating finish. Still young, this is a Roannaise to keep for at least three or four years. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at ProWein in Düsseldorf in May 2022. - SR