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Tasting Note
Right Bank Merlot with plenty of polish, at a satellite-appellation price. Ripe black cherry, blackberry and violets, opening up to cedar, graphite and baking spice. Medium to full-bodied, with plum and cassis at the core, a little cocoa, fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity. Long, dark and spicy. Lovely now with a quick decant, and it will keep for 5–8 years.
Drink it with: red meat, roast poultry or a good cheeseboard.
The Winemaking
87% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Sorted on a vibrating table, fermented in temperature-controlled steel with a long maceration, then aged for 18 months, with a quarter of the wine in older French barrels.
The Vineyards
Just over 5 hectares of 25-year-old vines on sandy-loam to gravel soils, partly on a slope, in Montagne, the largest of Saint-Émilion's satellite appellations. Double Guyot pruning and careful yield control.
The Producer
Château Treytins is best known for its Lalande-de-Pomerol, but it has been making this Montagne Saint-Émilion since 1998.
The Details
Tasting Note
Right Bank Merlot with plenty of polish, at a satellite-appellation price. Ripe black cherry, blackberry and violets, opening up to cedar, graphite and baking spice. Medium to full-bodied, with plum and cassis at the core, a little cocoa, fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity. Long, dark and spicy. Lovely now with a quick decant, and it will keep for 5–8 years.
Drink it with: red meat, roast poultry or a good cheeseboard.
The Winemaking
87% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Sorted on a vibrating table, fermented in temperature-controlled steel with a long maceration, then aged for 18 months, with a quarter of the wine in older French barrels.
The Vineyards
Just over 5 hectares of 25-year-old vines on sandy-loam to gravel soils, partly on a slope, in Montagne, the largest of Saint-Émilion's satellite appellations. Double Guyot pruning and careful yield control.
The Producer
Château Treytins is best known for its Lalande-de-Pomerol, but it has been making this Montagne Saint-Émilion since 1998.
The Details