2018 Château Valade L'Etendard de Château Valade Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 0.75 Ltr. Rouge
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It is a dark plum colour, almost inky with a huge, almost hyper-concentrated nose of stewed plums and black currents, cocoa, cedar, tobacco, forest floor, wet stones, mint and vanilla. lovely, silky tannins - big, round and very long. AWARDS: Golden medal Concours de Bordeaux 2018.

climate

The Saint-Emilion region benefits from the temperate oceanic climate typical of the Bordeaux region

soil

Limestone base, added with silt-clay, gravel and sand

vinification

Comprised of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc rigorously selected from the estate’s best plots of vines averaging well over twenty-five years of age. The wine is neither filtered nor fined and is aged in oak barrels (80% new and 20% one year-old) for twelve months.

vintage
2018
title
L'Etendard de Château Valade
class
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
region
Bordeaux
country
France
color
Rouge
alcohol
14.50 %
Ltr.
0.75