Saint-Émilion

Colour

Grape Varieties

Soil

Center: limestone plateau surrounded by chalky soils with a clay-loam texture. Northwest: sandy layer on top of rather clay-like soils.

Surface Area

1,171 ha

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Aromas

Wild strawberry and red currant followed by sweet spices, vanilla, leather, and smokey notes

Palate

Can be powerful and concentrated as well as refined and delicate. Typically generous, warm, and round, full bodied with a velvety tannic structure

Ageing

  • 5 - 30 years

Serving temperature

    15 - 17°C

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