Description
The colour of the wine shows a deep red and is marked by its beautiful Merlot lushness with the Cabernet Franc/Sauvignon adding length and character, whilst on the nose it shows a fresh powerful and pronounced mix of scented aromas, rich jammy-ripe damsons, and black cherry fruit flavours.
You then find more complex notes of forest floor, moss, spice, and toasty characters as well as a hint of liquorice and menthol that integrate well with a pleasant layer of smoke and leather over further spicy characters to provide an attractive combination.
On the palate the wine is soft and seductively supple with a generous well-balanced length, an elegant aromatic persistency and freshness where we find more blackberry and blackcurrant notes, tobacco leaf and grilled oak with hints of leather, vanilla and softly refined ripe tannins that lead to a long persistent finish.
Vineyard: 5 hectares overall
Grape variety: 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon
Harvesting: 100% by hand, 16th, 22nd and 26th September and 12th October.
Winemaking: Saignée, cold maceration (7-8°C) for 7 days to develop fruit aromas. Alcoholic fermentation (25°C) for 5 days with regular pumping over. Post-fermentation macerating (28-29°C) for 15-20 days, due to the exceptional fruit quality. Malo-lactic fermentation in oak barrels.
Ageing: Aged in 10% New Oak and 90% 2nd and 3rd year Oak for 12 months
Alcohol by volume: 13.5% vol
Residual sugar: < 2 g/l Production: 5,000 bottles
