Domaine Quenard Jean François, Terres Rouges Mondeuse, 2018

Jean-François Quenard learnt from the 'master' Jules Chauvet, a négociant and highly reputed taster, and makes this Mondeuse from a one-hectare plot of 30-year-old vines. It's fairly brooding in style, packed with dark fruits and earthy, herbal notes plus grippy fine tannins. Young, dense and serious - one for the soggy summer days when cockles need warming and food is heartier.