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Gold Medal : vintage 2003 - Concours des Vins du Sud-Ouest TOULOUSE 2005.
Tasting note comments by Georges Lepré, Director of quality at the Savour Club, Master sommelier at the Grand Véfour for 17 years and at the Ritz for 10 years.
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APPELLATION : Côtes du Brulhois
SOIL : Slopes and plains of gravel and clay
GRAPE VARIETIES :
Merlot 35 %, Cabernet Franc 35 %, Tannat 30 %
SURFACE AREA : 20 hectares
VINIFICATION : traditional at 28-30°C
MACERATION : 25 to 35 days
AGEING : In vats
TASTING NOTES :
A deep purple colour with a ruby disc. A full and complex bouquet full of ripe black berries, prunes, fresh mint, leather, liquorice, violets, truffle and black pepper. A solid and well-structured wine with good solid tannins, remarkable freshness and abundant fruit bringing smoothness and roundness. A harmonious wine which is both expressive and long lasting in the mouth.
SERVING SUGGESTION :
Serve at 16°C, an hour after decanting, with truffles, confit de canard, roast partridge, wild boar, wild mushrooms…
CELLAR AGEING : 6 to 8 years
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