2024 Domaine de Majas, Cotes Catalanes Rouge

Domaine de Majas, under the direction of Alain and Agnès Carrère with Tom Lubbe's guidance, cultivates its Côtes Catalanes vineyards organically in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes, emphasizing the unique expression of its schist, volcanic stone, and mountainous limestone soils at high altitudes. The 2024 vintage, marked by historically low yields, saw significant spring rains followed by a temperate summer and a cooler, wetter September, allowing for a gradual, later ripening. This careful physiological development, coupled with their minimal-intervention winemaking—including whole-cluster fermentation and aging in concrete—has yielded a Carignan-Grenache blend with a defined structural profile. Expect a wine possessing well-integrated tannins and a precise acid line that frames its inherent concentration and territorial character. The most reliably gulpable red in the shop. Bright, juicy, clean, zero pretension.