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2016 Château Laroque, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Merlot
Ready - youthful
Product: 20161012202
2016 Château Laroque, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Laroque 2016 has a generous, enticing nose of juicy plum, black and red cherry, with undercurrents of black tea and dark chocolate. A delicate floral character adds an elegant lift. The palate is well-rounded and the body medium-full; kept in check by a line of acidity that continues through to the long finish. This wine is a perfect embodiment of Saint-Emilion and will please enormously whether drunk now, or after a few years in the cellar.

Drink now until 2038

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Merlot
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Laroque

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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Château Laroque

Château Laroque is a large St. Emilion estate famous for its stunning 18th century château as well as for the quality of its wines. It is owned by the Beaumartin family and was granted Grand Cru Classé status in 1996.
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