Madiran 'Tradition' Domaine Sergent 2019

Madiran ‘Tradition’ Domaine Sergent is a beautiful, modern wine with soft bramble fruit, blackberry, liquorice, spice and cinnamon notes. It is a super silky wine with soft tannins and elegant structure. The wine is aged in cement rather than oak and the blend is made up of 80% Tannat, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc. It is a super little wine.

Sergent has been in the Dousseau family since 1902 and they have been bottling their own wine since 1974. Today, the Domaine is run by sisters Brigitte and Corinne who took over from their father, Gilbert in 1995. The 21-hectare Domains vineyards sit mainly on a gentle south-facing slope over-looking the Pyrénées, with vines averaging 35 years of age. The areas reds use to be characterised by harsh tannins but the sisters have managed to tame the Tannat grape and produce reds that are approachable and elegant.