Nose
The nose is open with aromas of pronounced red fruit, enhanced by spicy notes.
Palate
The mouth is soft and velvety. The evolution shows well balanced tannins.
Growing Conditions
• 28 hectares of vines cultivated using traditional methods from the Médoc region with grass cover in the rows ensuring that the vines compete for water and nitrates.
• A reasoned but above all thoughtful protection of the vineyard according to the threat of diseases and climatic hazards.
• The vines are grown very carefully, using a green harvest for this vintage tooptimize the quality of the grapes.
Clay-limestone soils
Harvest
Merlot : from October 5th to 13th
Cabernet Sauvignon : from October 14th to 15th
Winemaking
Manual sorting with vatting without crushing the berries.
Thermoregulated tanks. Parcel selection at the vatting.
Vatting for 3 to 4 weeks: pumping over and unloading guided by a regular tasting for a smooth and controlled extraction.
Maceration after fermentation at 30°C for 4 to 6 days to obtain the tannins.
Aging
70% of the wine in oak barrels for 12 months. Only 20% in new barrel. 30% in barrels which have had one wine in.
Appearance
This wine presents a nice, cherry red color.
Food Pairing
With a beautiful read meat and a cheese not too strong
