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Puech De Glen
"An impressive nose of black cherry, cassis and roasted meat. Ample fine tannins, dark chocolate, black cherry liqueur and mint cross the palate in a long-marching finish" Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate - 90 points.
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"A huge wine of great depth and lingering richness. It flaunts roasted berries, done to a turn, with coriander, grilled walnuts and a fine texture that is craggy yet graceful."
18 points - Malcolm Gluck, superplonk - The Guardian UK.
Small parcels which form our highest terroir (400m) are reserved for our top wine: very low yields of Syrah (up to 90% in the blend) and a touch of Grenache are aged for between 14 & 18 months in new oak.
The Vintage: The grapes come from our finest terroir (Puech de Glen) on schist at 400m. The warm conditions of 2005 coupled with the cool nights of the ripening season ensured great complexity & aromatics. A wine destined for a few years cellaring. Picked between the 27th of September and the 5th of October
Tasting Note: A deep crimson red with violet tints, intense and complex with sweet spicy notes, ripe blackcurrant fruit; rich and very concentrated fruit, ripe but elegant tannins with a long and complex finish.
Grape Varieties: 90% Syrah, 10% Grenache.
Yield: 15-19 hl/ha
Alcohol: 13.5%
Terrior: Schist
Harvest/Vines: Green harvest, leaf pulled, harvested by hand
Wine Making: Cold soak 3 days, 3 week ferment with daily cap punching, all malolactic in barrel with lies stirring.
Aging method: 100% Oak (50% new)
Case Production: 2,500