M.Chapoutier, Les Granits, RhoneValley – Saint Joseph, France, Red,75cl
€78.00
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Description
Producer: M.Chapoutier
Region: Rhone
Country: France
Colour: Red
Tasting notes
Appearance: very deep garnet red.
Nose: black fruit jam, smoked and mineral overtones.
Palate: smoky and peppered aromas. Tight tannins with a long persistency in mouth. According to the vintage, the wine can be kept from 30 to 60 years, indeed from 50 to 75 years.
Sommelier’s advice:
Les Granits red is showing a beautifully dark colour and aromas of chocolate, characteristic of wines from granite soils.
Food and wine pairing : fish in tapenade sauce Small game, lamb Cooked pork meats Soft cheeses, goat’s cheese
Grape variety/varieties: Syrah. Selection of our oldest Syrah trunks in the birthplace of the Saint Joseph appellation.
Harvest: The grapes are hand-harvested at a very good maturity.
Soil: Very poor and very stony granitic soils.
Vinification: The grapes are 100% destemmed. Slow fermentation in small concrete vats. The process of fermentation is very long and lasts for more than one month, to polymerize tannins. Only the free-run wine is used in this single vineyard.
Ageing: Entirely aged in casks (new casks and casks having matured wine once or twice before) from 16 to 18 months.
