M.Chapoutier, Les Clos, Rhone Valley – Saint Joseph, France, Red, 75cl

Description

M.CHAPOUTIER, LE CLOS

Tasting notes:

Appearance: Dark, garnet black with purple highlights throughout.

Nose: Lovely notes of dark fruit (cherry, blackberry), beautiful minerality with graphite notes.

Palate: Soft, rich and elegant on entry. Very fine, silky tannins. Long-lingering finish and aromatic notes reminiscent of the granite terroir

Grape variety/varieties: 100% Syrah.

Harvest: The bunches are cut then transported to the winery in small crates.

Soil: Brown soils derived from coarse-grained, black mica granite, fractured and locally altered.

Vinification: Alcoholic fermentation is carried out in a small, 30 HL, concrete vat with long maceration for around 5 weeks.

Ageing: Entirely in barrels for around 20 months period (25% new barrels).