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2019 La Dame de Onze Heures, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot
Ready - youthful
Product: 20198053785
2019 La Dame de Onze Heures, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Merlot makes up most of the 2019 blend with some cabernet franc adding further depth and balance to this wine. Beatrice and Vincent aim to do most of their work in the vineyard, so that little intervention is needed in the cellar. Large tuns and Italian jars are preferred over the classical 225L barriques during maturation, allowing the wine's purity and expressive character to shine through. Plum, blackcurrant and dark cherry combine with a touch of cedar to create a ripe and punchy palate. A wine that can be enjoyed in its youth but will also improve with age. 

Oliver Hallworth, Buying Assistant, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Merlot
Body Full Bodied
Producer Vincent & Beatrice Rapin

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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Vincent & Beatrice Rapin

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