Chateau Lyonnat 2018
- Producer Chateau Lyonnat
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Blend
4% Cabernet Franc
11% Cabernet Sauvignon
85% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Lussac-Saint-Emilion
- UPC 8 72438 80211 8
James Suckling
92pt
Wine Enthusiast
90pt
Ageing
Maturing of 50% in French oak barrels, for 12 months, and in concrete va.
Estate
Chateau Lyonnat produces about 140,000 bottles of it's eponymous main cuvee. It is made from 32 hectares of vines from Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Food pairing
This vintage of Chateau Lyonnat will be tasted with red meat, lamb or cheese.
Tasting notes
A deep ruby red with cherry reflections. An expressive but pleasant nose with notes of ginger, liquorice, red fruits and vanilla. On the palate, a first tasting of candied cherry, then liquorice aromas with menthol notes. The tannins are powerful, rounded and well balanced.
Terrior
The estate is located in the Libournais region north of famous Saint Emilion vineyard. Nested on the top of an argilo-limestone hillside, 30 hectares of Chateau Lyonnat vineyards are dedicated to this cuvee. The three grape varieties worked on this land are Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
Vineyard
A rigorous selection of the grapes at maturity then three weeks of harvest in October.
Vintage
This year was marked by a warm and rainy winter that ended in a beautiful summer and a dry and sunny early autumn allowing the grapes to reach maturity. Fears due to hail episodes during the month of May which fortunately remained inconsequential. The 2018 vintage is a very good vintage in the Lussac Saint-Emilion appellation which is among the most structured of the Bordeaux vintages.
Winemaking
The harvest arrives in the cellar to be sorted. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in thermoregulated concrete tanks punctuated by short and frequent winding. The maceration is long for an excellent extraction of tannins.
