Trévallon Rouge IGP Alpilles, Saint-Etienne du Grès, 2015

The 2015 Trévallon is a wine that demands decanting. Tightly wound in its youth, the aromatics gradually expand to reveal blueberries, mint, and freshness on a nose of real complexity, with red berry fruit, olive, pepper, and the whispered suggestion of truffle. The palate is perfectly balanced: fresh, concentrated, and poised, the tannins firm but not hard, the fruit driving through the finish with persistence and authority. For those willing to give it time, there is significant depth here, and the estate's promise of twenty or more years of development seems entirely credible in the 2015.