M.Chapoutier, La Pleiade, Heathcote – Victoria, Australia, Red, 75cl
€90.00
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Description
M.CHAPOUTIER, LA PLEIADE
TASTING:
Colour: deep magenta.
Nose: complex aromas of red berries and spices.
Mouth: this wine has an outstanding elegance and power, combining minerality and precision, perfectly reflecting the Terroir of Heathcote.
The wine will benefit from another 2 to 3 years in bottle and can be cellared for 20 years.
Dine Recommendations: Seven hours roasted lamb under 100° “agneau de sept heures”. Boeuf wellington.
Grape variety: 100% Shiraz.
Soil: Red soil from the Cambrien Period.
Harvest: The grapes are hand-harvested by the end of March.
Winemaking: The grapes are gently destemmed, and then ferment for six weeks in open concrete vats, using indigenous yeasts.
Maturing: The lightly pressed wine is cellared with minimal intervention in our cellar, which is located in Heathcote. The ageing lasts 12 months, in new French oak casks.
Alcohol degree: 14%
