The 2020 vintage was one of the earliest ripening vintages in the Languedoc in recent years. Despite the early ripening, the summer was fortunately not as dry as 2019. Sufficient rainfall in the spring also ensured well-filled water deposits in the soil and an overall balanced vintage. LE QUERNE is a good example of balance. You can feel the fullness and power, but the wine still has an astonishing freshness and is almost surprisingly delicate. Lots of light tobacco, liquorice and ripe plums on the nose. Then white chocolate and malt candy in the mouth, lots of extract sweetness, ripe cherries and plums in the opening. In the second third, an astonishing acid structure, lots of mineral grip, cool menthol notes and pleasant spiciness characterize the Mas des Quernes flagship cuvée. A wine that, despite all its complexity and despite its great potential, is already a lot of pleasure.