Elegance du Clos Cantenac AOC Bordeaux Rose, 2021

Velvety in texture, it has lemon and peachy flavours with a smooth palate. Merlot comes from Clos Cantenac’s Saint-Émilion vineyards. Each year, blocks and/or specific rows within a block are selected during the growing season and vineyard work is adapted to produce grapes for early harvesting to make rosé. Merlot grapes were picked by hand and whole-bunch pressed under inert gas to retain maximum flavours. Only the free run and first-pressed juice was used to make Elégance, which was then fermented in concrete egg-shaped tanks. The wine remained in contact with fine lees for a further eight months.