This medium bodied Bordeaux has lovely minerality combined with plum fruit and black raspberry notes. The texture is finely tannined with fresh acidity lifting the flavors. There's good purity here, unadulterated by wood notes. This makes a great food partner for medium weight foods -- a red that can be enjoyed with white meats such as chicken and pork.
The grapes for this wine are harvested from vineyards that border the Lalande de Pomerol appellation. Fruit is all from the estate, vines on average 45 years in age, certified organic, but farmed biodynamically. The grapes undergo a three-day cold maceration; the alcoholic fermentation then proceeds for eight to ten days. The wine is racked several times during its élevage in stainless steel and cement tanks before being bottled after an egg-white fining. The grape composition is predominantly Merlot with a touch of Cabernet Franc in the blend that provides additional structure to the wine.
Chicken/Turkey, Duck, Fish-full flavored (salmon/tuna), Ham, Mexican, Mushrooms, Pizza, Pork, Red Meat, Roasted Root Vegetables, Sausage, Tapas, Tomato Sauce, Wild Game