2022 Barros

[Alex Bridgeman]

Amazing floral blackcurrant on the nose, extremely expressive. Balanced entry, the fruit fresh and alive. The fruit feels ripe but picked in time to preserve the perfect level of acidity to keep the ripeness just at perfection. Bright and alive, the tannins are just like those found when chewing a ripe blackcurrant — soft, fine-grained and quickly vanishing into the flavour of the fruit. So well balanced. The aftertaste is gentle, blackcurrant dominated with a little menthol emerging as the fruit begins to settle for the long finish. A touch of dryness to the fruit, but the long finish is just pure blackcurrant cordial. Wonderful. Day 4. 92-94/100. Tasted 23-Aug-2024.