Domaine de Brousse Gaillac L’Affirme 2023 Region:Southwest France and salty minerality

and salty minerality

There's a tension beneath its elegance that hints at something deeper

This wine is full bodied like a proper Taurasi at twice the price

the Bout d’Zan never sits still

Domaine de Brousse Gaillac L’Affirme 2023 Region:Southwest France and salty mineralityAmandine Boissel makes this stunning wine from the traditional Gaillac red grape Duras. Organic farming, low intervention winemaking, brilliant results. This wine does something that many Southwest wines do, something surprisingly rare. It is drinkable nearly quaffable and friendly the tannins are pleasantly manageable as they jostle about the palate, but the flavors of this wine are so purely, unremittingly earthy that its fair to wonder if they