Chateau Lespault Martillac2011
RED WINE
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Producer
Chateau Lespault-Martillac
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Blend
35% Cabernet Sauvignon
65% Merlot
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Country
France
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Region
Bordeaux
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Appellation
Pessac-Leognan
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UPC
3760115298859
Technical Details
Tasting notes
Chateau Lespault Martillac Rouge 2011
Deep red color. Brillant.
Nose of ripe fruits with earthy flavors and spices. Complex with leather and cacao.
On the palate it is immediately velvet and fresh. Large and generous taste of fruit. Fullbodied with very good concentration of fine tannins for a long and fresh finish.
Round and balance with exquisite fruit. Very typical of this estate.
Vintage
A slightly rainy winter was followed by a severe and hot drought until July.
It was "summer during spring"!!
The effect of such conditions was the vines stop growing. Our unique deep gravel terroir hydrated the
vines enough, so as to grow correctly. A relatively humid and fresh climate lasted until the
end of August. It was "spring in summer"!! It was paradoxically very beneficial to the vines
which started maturation in fabulous conditions. Luckily, wonderful summer came back in
September and ripened all the varieties with high concentration.
Harvest began 2 weeks earlier than usual: Dry White from 23/08 till 9/09 (37 hl/ha) and Reds from
13/09 till 30/09 (30 hl/ha). Yields were low but of superb quality. Despite this precocity, one month of trimming off unripe berries and soft vinification were necessary to express the best of the fruit and to keep style of the terroir. We are positive that have we made a great red wine: beautiful, fruity expression with dense and supple high class tannins. Freshness and acidity gives the wine authenticity and balance to cellar perfectly.
More than ever this vintage is the pure reflection of a great terroir and healthy vineyards grown with all the necessary care. We had to select more than usual, to choose, to sort out, to decide…
Our choices and surgical handpicking adapted to delicate vinification is the the key to the succes of our 2011 wines!
A real "Vigneron’s" Vintage!