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Ch. la Grace Dieu
Once a Cistercian monastery, the vineyard of La Grâce Dieu lies on a gentle, west-facing slope outside the medieval jewel of St Emilion. The vineyard’s westerly aspect lends the wines an extra degree of ripeness and depth. Vinification is very traditional, but the house style is for supple wines, with rather a modern flair.
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
Cabernet Franc thrives in the Loire where the cooler growing conditions serve to accentuate the grape's herbaceous, grassy, lead pencil aromas. The best wines come from the tuffeaux limestone slopes of Chinon and Bourgeil where growers such as Jacky Blot produce intense well-structured wines that possess excellent cellaring potential.
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With a bright, deep purple colour, this has a lovely open, rich young Merlot nose: ripe red cherry and chocolate – real lift and life. The palate is deliciously plump and appealing, with a vibrant core of red fruit and some nice, balancing freshness on the finish.
Philip Moulin
Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 10% and Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
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