Chateau Rauzan-Gassies 2004
- Producer Chateau Rauzan-Gassies
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Blend
62% Cabernet Sauvignon
30% Merlot
2% Petit Verdot
6% Cabernet Franc - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Margaux
- UPC N/A
The 2004 vintage
More than ever, though with nature in a generous mood, good mastery of the yields and the thinning out of the leaves associated with a gentle and temperate summer were to favor a ripening that was slow but regular and sure. At harvest-time, berries rich in phenolic compounds offered coloring matter that was easily extractable, tasty tannins and pips of very good gustative quality... providing a balance of particular interest and, in the end, enabling us to make wines that are remarkable for their fruit and freshness. A knowing mixture no doubt, of the generosity of the 2000's with the tannic and aromatic complexity of the 2002's and 1996's. In short, 2004 will be an historic vintage.