Chateau Le Puy Barthelemy Vin de France Rouge 2022

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Chateau Le Puy Barthelemy Vin de France Rouge 2022A wine of more limited production, this cuve, 85% Merlot plus 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, is sourced from a single vineyard site known as Les Rocs on a plateau with a deep limestone bedrock. The wine spends 24 months in 228L barrels (less than 10% new) with no addition of SO at any stage of the levage. A more dense and mysterious wine than its companion with a deeper robe and more firm structure, we see resemblance here to the finest old wines of its

with a gravel-infused mix of clay and limestone

brazenly energetic wine that speaks clearly of both variety and terroir

and racked into stainless steel tanks for both fermentation and aging

60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot from 45 year old vines grown on one hectare in the gravelly hillsides of Pauillac

with berry selection and fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks with selected yeasts

it is as much the conditions of the growing season that produce grapes that have a level of complexity and ripeness that demand this sort of classification

with an average vine age of 40 years

The prestige wine of Montevertine is only produced in outstanding vintages

and will develop gorgeously in bottle for well over a decade

and concentrated

this wine could easily be confused for a red Burgundy from the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune

more generously textured

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