Cédric Bouchard Creux d'Enfer Rosé de Saignée 2013

Raspberry, blood orange, and dried herbs open with a stony, chalky undercurrent that speaks clearly of the Côte des Bars. Persistent, fine bead threads through a texture that's genuinely concentrated from the saignée method, plush but never clumsy. The finish lingers with an iodine, sea-spray edge that lifts the whole thing and gives it real bite.