Mas Bécha - Côtes du Roussillon Barrique 2020

Bettane & Desseauve

About the domain :

This estate, original in its marketing approach as much as in its wine style, produces cuvées with amusing labels that often linger in the memory. The Perez family travels, thinks and begins to find the way to better recognition of their products. The estate is a good source for powerful, colorful reds, which are sure to fuel debate with their often original and always highly mature profiles.

Guide Hachette des vins

About the wine:

The syrah-grenache-mourvèdre trio at work in this well-born cuvée, an attractive intense red with ruby highlights. Equally engaging is the nose, open to fresh red fruit and fine oak. The palate is full, round and well-balanced, carried by smooth tannins and a lovely freshness with menthol and eucalyptus tones that carry through to the finish. Perfect with grilled red meat or in sauce.

About the domain :

South of Perpignan, Charles Perez has been running his own domaine since 2008 in the hamlet of Nyls, in the Aspres region: 25 hectares of organic vineyards planted on three hills within a 110-hectare estate. In reds, his blends give pride of place to Syrah. Each year, a different artist "sketches" this vineyard figure to illustrate his labels. The same goes for the members of his family. A sort of Catalan Mouton Rothschild!

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About the wine:

Made from Syrah grapes, Côtes du Roussillon Villages Barrique 2020 presents aromas of toasted coconut, vanilla, cherry and chocolate on the nose. The palate, on the other hand, is more savory, full-bodied and silky, framed by fine-grained tannins that balance the ripe fruit. I find this bottle more elegant than the Excellence 2020, but not necessarily better.

James Suckling

About the wine:

Huge black fruits with notes of leather, tar and smoke in the imposing nose. A huge mouthful that will put many off. However, this wine has been well constructed and is not monolithic; on the contrary, the finish has a certain elegance. A blend of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre. Made from organically grown grapes. For drinking or cellaring.

Jeb Dunnuck

About the wine:

A similar blend of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre, but aged in barrels, the Côtes Du Roussillon Villages Barrique 2020 is a more imposing wine, offering pretty red and black fruits as well as many aromas and flavors of pepper, meat and garrigue. Concentrated and medium-bodied, it has wonderful freshness and a lovely finish. This impeccable Roussillon should be drunk over the next 3-5 years.