Merlot 70% - Cabernet Sauvignon 30% |
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Soil: chalky and stony
Bottle: green tradition Bordelaise 0,75 l
Fermentation: 4 weeks
Vinification:
Analysis:
- alcohol content: 12,5% Vol.
- total acidity: 4,2 - P.H: 3,3
- volatile acidity: 0,28
- malolactic fermentation: done
- free SO2 content: from 20 to 30 mg/l
Potential ageing: 5/6 years
Tasting comments:
This wine is amazingly fruity: very ripe berries, blackcurrant, cherry.
In mouth: as much fruit and meat.
To be drunk young, you will discover a classical Bergerac wine!
Coup de Cœur ** - Guide Hachette 1993
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Merlot 80% - Cabernet 20% |
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Soil: chalky and stony
Bottle: light brown tradition Bordelaise 0,75 l
Fernentation: 5 weeks
Vinification:
- cold traditional
- breeding in 3 years old barrels for 10 months
Analysis:
- alcohol content: 12,5% Vol.
- total acidity: 4,2 - P.H: 3,3
- volatile acidity: 0,28
- malolactic fermentation: done
- free SO2 content: +/- 25 mg/l
Potential ageing: 7/8 years
Tasting comments:
This wine ranges at mid-way between classical red wine and oak-aged red wine: light tannins, fruit and slight oak.
This wine is very pleasant for young ladies and men who don’t like too severe wines.
Furthermore it is very convenient for restaurants.
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Merlot 80% - Cabernet 20% |
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Soil: chalky and stony
Bottle: dark brown tradition Bordelaise 0,75 l
Fernentation: 6 weeks
Vinification:
- cold traditional
- breeding in new or in 1 or 2 two years old barrels for 12 months
Analysis:
- alcohol content: 13% Vol.
- total acidity: 4,2 - P.H: 3,3
- volatile acidity: 0,28
- malolactic fermentation: done
- free SO2 content: +/- 25 mg/l
Potential ageing: 8/10 years
Tasting comments:
The colour is bright. This wine develops very complex aromas which leather and underwood.
In mouth, it shows a very ripe structure, in which tannins are very present, perfectly balanced with a nice long-lasting conclusion.
This wine won 2 stars in the « Guide Hachette 2000 »
The German magazine « D.M » wrote about this wine
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