Color
Bright garnet red, with slight orange tinges
Grape Varieties
Aroma
Intense, with fruity aromas of marasca cherries and hints of violets. Spicy notes of black pepper, liquorice and goudron
Taste
Dry, warm and soft, showing a long, rich, smooth flavour.
Cellaring Potential
Ready to drink as soon as 3 years following the harvest, it gives of its best after 10-15 years – and beyond in great vintages. Cellaring recommended with the bottle lying down in the dark at a constant temperature.
Food Matching
Goes well with braised and stewed red meats, game and very mature cheeses. As time passes, it also becomes a great meditation wine.
Serving temperature: 18°C
Vinification
Harvest:between the end of September and the beginning of October.
The de-stemmed and pressed grapes ferment on the skins in heat-controlled steel tanks for 5 to 30 days.
Aging
The wine then matures in wood for 24 months, partly in oak casks and partly in small French barrels, before continuing its ageing in the bottle for 6 months.