France
Bordeaux

Clos Cantenac AOC Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 3000ml, 2018

Lot

1942

Grape Variety

Merlot

Producer

Clos Cantenac SCEA

Made from Merlot grapes from Clos Cantenac’s older vines, 2018 has brambly fruits, spices, vanilla and cooked raspberry aromas. Delicious when young, this wine is elegant with a rich concentrated palate and succulent blackberry and black cherry fruits balanced by a juicy acidity, with a good cellaring potential. Grapes were picked over an eight-day period in the early mornings late in September. After a cold soak at 7°C to 8°C for a day, the juice was fermented at 26°C with regular pumping over, followed by a further seven days of maceration. The wine was put into barrels for malolactic and matured for 12 months with 50% in new barrels, and 50% in one-year-old barrels.
Wine Type: Red
Merlot
3000ml
Bottle size
1
Concentration: Medium Oak: Medium Oak
Alchohol Content: 14
14%
Aroma
Brambles, raspberry, spice, vanilla
Taste
Black cherries, blackberries
Ideal With
Veal cutlets in mustard sauce