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

Description

M.CHAPOUTIER, LES GRANILITES

TASTING:

Colour: Garnet red with purple highlights.

Nose: Nice intensity of wild dark berry notes (blackcurrant, blackberries), mineral notes (graphite), underscored by lovely, smooth oakiness.

Palate: soft and well-balanced

Mouth: Soft and well-balanced on entry. Fine, tight tannins, beautiful mineral tautness derived from the granite. Long-lasting finish with lovely dark berry notes.

Dine Recommendations: Fish in tapenade sauce, small game, lamb. Cooked pork meats. Soft cheeses, goat’s cheese

Grape variety: Syrah

Soil: The parcels of vines are located in the districts of Charnas, Tournon and Mauves, where the principal soil and climate components that make for great Saint-Joseph wines can be found.

Here there is granite terrain formed by geologic alteration, and content carried in by the wind ensuring that the soils are good for water filteration and restriction. The altitude and wind exposure (including the Mistral) ensure natural regulation of pests while providing freshness throughout the summer. These kinetics of slow maturation, give “Granilites” a potential for freshness, minerality and a particularly interesting tautness.

Harvest: By hand in dry, sunny weather.

Winemaking: Temperature controlled fermentation in concrete vats, using indigenous yeasts. 4 weeks maceration was carried out, followed by malo-lactic fermentation in cask.

Maturing: Maturing is carried out in casks for the first 12 months, and is completed in concrete tanks for 6 months.

Alcohol degree: 13,5%