Description
A barrel selection to have a unique and refined wine. It over delivers for the the vintage which is a testament to the quality of the production methods. Very much in the Graves style it is light, fresh, fragrant and red fruited. This is a wine to be enjoyed young with some nice roast lamb.
A 7.5 hectare vineyard in Graves that is family owned and run by a couple who have come from a long Bordeaux tradition. 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon are planted and the vineyards are treated with traditional and often manual methods to get healthy grapes. Organic practices are observed and the wines are made as naturally as possible.
Graves
The home of the original Claret that the English fell in love with. Graves gets its name from the large amounts of gravel in the vineyard which gives a lighter, more aromatic style of Bordeaux. Although it is on the Left Bank it more often lines up with the Right Bank on vintage preferences. Graves is capable and often excels at making white wines from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. They are often barrel aged and live as long as any white in the world.
Merlot
It gets a tough time most of the places it is grown. But in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion Merlot not only dominates but makes some of the best wines in the world. Perfume, silky and plush. Cabernets Franc and Sauvignon season the wines with structure and acid but in some places, like Petrus, they are almost not needed.
Cabernet Sauvignon
The main grape of Bordeaux’s left bank. Cabernet is late ripening and full of acid and tannin. The great wines are structured but finessed with beautiful cassis, violets and it also transmits the flavours of the soil it is grown in really well. Cabernet isn’t a drink now variety, it really needs 10 or more years to show its best. But when you get there, WOW! Often blended with Merlot, Cabernet Franc or in Australia Shiraz to fill out its mid-palate referred to as the ‘Cabernet doughnut’.
2011
One of the hardest and most disappointing vintages in recent Bordeaux history. Experiencing both excessive heat and rain led to wines that were lighter, less concentrated and sometimes on the green side. Early ripening terroirs and Merlot tended to be more successful.
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