Chateau Cantemerle 2012
- Producer Chateau Cantemerle
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Blend
2% Cabernet Franc
56% Cabernet Sauvignon
36% Merlot
6% Petite Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Haut-Medoc
- UPC 0 15643 42836 4
Tasting notes
Showing a deep, elegant red color with a complex bouquet of coffee and vanilla carrying subtle notes of exotic wood, Cantemerle 2012 is an elegant wine showing style and breeding. There is no finer
expression of vintage character and Haut-Medoc terroir, where sandy and stony soils are light, warm and free-draining. This is expressed through well-incorporated tannins and a happy marriage of softness and vivacity on the finish. Very ripe Merlot and aged Cabernets—the Medoc's pride—also make a welcome contribution. Sweetbreads, braised ham, and charcuterie go well with this wine which is, at heart, a great classic: avoiding the easy temptations of extraction and excessive oak, it prefers to show the simple taste of its grapes without masking their origins.
Harvest
Pruning : Medoc double Guyot
Deleafing: face to face after flowering (berry set)
Grape thinning is done when the grapes are filling out
Green harvest occurs after changing of color (veraison)
Handpicked harvest with selective sorting in the vineyard
Deleafing: face to face after flowering (berry set)
Grape thinning is done when the grapes are filling out
Green harvest occurs after changing of color (veraison)
Handpicked harvest with selective sorting in the vineyard
Vinification
Total destemming
The grapes are hand-sorted before crushing
Fermentation: 6-8 days at 26 -28°C
Maceration: 28 -30 days
Ageing for 12 months in french oak barrels(medium toast) which 40% are new
An ultra light fining is done but no filtration occurs prior to bottling
The grapes are hand-sorted before crushing
Fermentation: 6-8 days at 26 -28°C
Maceration: 28 -30 days
Ageing for 12 months in french oak barrels(medium toast) which 40% are new
An ultra light fining is done but no filtration occurs prior to bottling