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Chateau Les Ormes Sorbet
A cru bourgeois property that produces some of the finest clarets in the AC Médoc classification. Château Les Ormes Sorbet can trace its history back to 1764 and present owner Jean Boivert represents the 8th generation of his family to produce wine here. The property is located in the northern Médoc in the small commune of Couquèques, which is known for its undulating topography and its particular type of sedimentary limestone.
There are 23 hectares of vineyards planed with 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and a small percentage of Petit Verdot and the now rare Carmenère. The grapes are hand harvested and then fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel vats. The wine is then matured in small oak barriques (33% New) for 18 months. It is bottled unfiltered.
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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Les Ormes Sorbet has been in the Boivert family for 9 generations, and Hélène and her sons Vincent and François take huge care to protect the family legacy. Located near the northern tip of the Médoc peninsular in what is the home of many of the best known Cru Bourgeois. This is Cabernet Sauvignon territory and the wines are brawny and full of character.
Typically for the vintage, this is not deeply coloured and bottle age has lent a brick tinge to the rim. The nose has moved on from primary fruit, to secondary notes of cedar and dried herbs. The palate shows sweet fruit at its core and has a wonderful savoury depth on the finish. Cerebral claret.
Philip Moulin - Wine Buyer
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