Les Parcelles No. 8
Tasting Notes
The intense red color of Les Parcelles No. 8 sparkles with flashes of purple. The nose offers up aromas of fresh fruit and the well-balanced palate gracefully melds the fruit with rounded, silky tannins. This wine has an essential elegance from first sip to the lingering finish.
Vineyards
The strength of Bordeaux’s wine country is the sheer diversity of its soil. The mild climate, bountiful sunshine and nearby ocean and waterways have all combined to make Bordeaux a giant among wine regions. With their winemaker, Stéphane Derenoncourt, the Bouey family has selected 27 single vineyard “parcelles” (plots in French) with a variety of soil types; clay for body, gravel for finesse and chalky limestone for aromatic complexity. These wines are made in collaboration with the growers themselves, and are then blended to create a Merlot of supreme elegance and sensuality.
Winemaking
Once the grapes are hand-harvested at each plot, they undergo an initial fermentation in either concrete or steel vats that are kept at a steady 28oC, followed by 20 days maceration. The must is pumped over, then racked and returned to the vats to extract color and tannins, followed by a series of tastings to decide the perfect moment to rack off the wine. After six months’ maturing in vats and oak barrels, the final wines are blended.
Technical Information
- Vintage:
- 2020
- Alcohol:
- 13%
- Region:
- Bordeaux
- RS:
- 0.08G/L
- Varietals:
- 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
- PH:
- 3.63
- TA:
- 3.04G/L
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