2004 Ch. Grand Corbin Manuel, St Emilion

2004 Ch. Grand Corbin Manuel, St Emilion

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80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. This has a welcoming and warming nose with a succulent and rich palate. This is mouth filling, delicious and just as good as you would hope.
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Chateau Grand Corbin Manuel

Chateau Grand Corbin Manuel

"The Château Grand Corbin Manuel has been an integral part of the Grand Corbin domain for a very long time, but we have traced another name, "La Grande Métairie" meaning a large smallholding. It was separated from Grand Corbin on July 20th, 1855, sold by the Fonrose Béchade Brothers to Jean Laporte, already a landowner in Montagne. In the spring of 1870, it was inherited by his only daughter, Marie. She married Jean Brin, landowner in Néac where she took up residence. On the death of Marie, in 1898, her only son inherited. At the end of the First World War, Jean Brin junior parted company with Grande Métairie, which, according to the deeds, was not in a good state of repair.

The land area at that time was approximately 19 acres, to which was now added a further 3.5 acres of land in Jurat, half planted in vines, half in arable land.vThis last section now belongs to the Château Haut Corbin. The whole of the Grande Métairie was then sold to Mr Jean David, wine-broker and neighbouring landowner to Grand Corbin. In 1965, Pierre Manuel became the new owner, and the Château became known as "Grand Corbin Manuel". In 2001, Messrs. Dupuy and Audry took possession of the Château then resold it in 2005 to the Gaye Family, the current owners. For several generations the Gaye family has been an owner wine-grower in the highly reputed Chateaux of Saint-Emilion. In 2005, Stéphane de Gaye and children decided to take on the Château Grand Corbin Manuel with a freshly awakened enthusiasm... The daughter, Yseult, is fully responsible for this property located in the middle of the Ranked Great Vintages, very close to the St. Emilion and Pomerol 'premiers Grands Crus'."

(taken from www.grandcorbinmanuel.fr)

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Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.

In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and  Australia.

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