Dark blue-black fruits, complex layers of spice and blackberry, some cassis, just an abundant galaxy of taste pleasures.

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Everything was as it should have been in this spectacular wine, which resonated with aromas of plum, cassis, chocolate and white smoke.

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EU. In 1979, the European Court struck down a German ban on Cassis de Dijon, a French liqueur, imposed because of its low alcohol level.

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The rustic and cosy onsite restaurant, La Monnaguette, serves local specialties that employ his star ingredient, such as goat-cheese salad with blackcurrant coulis or duck confit with cassis jam.

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By which I mean wine that smells and tastes like it comes from Bordeaux, with aromas of cedar, cassis, pencil shavings and mint, while retaining that freshness when it is swallowed.

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Magdeleine from the Cassis region in southern France.

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