Description
The Rouge shows a deep ruby colour with garnet highlights on the rim. The generous bouquet suggests blackcurrant, cedar with scents reminiscent of red berries, spices and vanilla. The wine is amply structured, full, round and smooth on the palate with rich fruit and length of flavour. An elegant wine that can mature with time in the bottle. GRAPES Cabernet Sauvignon 35% Merlot 34% Malbec 11% Petite Verdot 20% VINIFICATION & AGING Grapes are destemmed and soft-crushed and the must fermented in stainless steel tanks at 25-30° C for two weeks on the skins with frequent pumping over the cap. After malolactic fermentation, the wine of 13.5% alcohol is matured for 18 months in older French oak barrels.
