Red Château d’Estoublon 75cl • 2020

Red wine with a purplish-red color. The nose is rich with notes of ripe black fruit such as blackcurrant and plum. Full-bodied on the palate, with a dense attack. Tannins are tight, fine and silky, with a slightly saline nuance. Discreet oak notes ensures perfect balance.

Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet-Sauvignon.

Clay-limestone and sandy-loam, gravelly.

12 months, partly in oak barrels, natural concrete eggs and stainless steel vats.

14% vol.

A mild, dry winter followed the rainy autumn and led into a spring which brought some unpredictable frosts that inflicted some damage in most of the French wine regions. Fortunately, the Estoublon vineyards were largely unaffected. May brought a thaw and frequent rainfall making the vines very vulnerable to disease. However, the fine weather over the following weeks led to a successful flowering without coulure (failure of the fruit to set) or millerandage (shot berries). Summer 2020 was hot, dry and sunny, which was good news for the grapes and allowed them to ripen perfectly. Due to this dry period, the yield was lower than in previous years, but the quality of the grapes was nonetheless outstanding. We will remember this year for its aromatic white wines, a beautiful freshness in the rosés and a fruity and elegant character in the reds.

Drink now or cellar for 6 years.

Contains sulphites.

Product of France.