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Les carmels

Domaine Les carmels – Les Vendanges 2018

฿1,950.00

CULTURE: the vineyard is engaged in organic farming, certified QUALISUD FR-BIO-16

Blend of Merlot & Cabernet Franc. Merlot is aged in French oak barrels and Cabernet Franc in amphora, both during 15 months before bottling.
This wine has powerful aromas and great ageing potential. Black cherry, prune and subtle truffle notes, silky tannins and an elegant, friendly acidic strike.

Focused and precise, Les Vendanges is a complex and characterful wine, rich but vibrant with a texture and taste that makes an impact straight away.
Fresh black fruits, floral notes and sensational minerality do the talking – it has weight, density and structure – broad and bold yet graceful, it has direction and persistence.
Acceleration is breathing, but the ride is smooth and comfortable, settling with such purity. This is a wine you want to drink. Cool, classy, clear and decisive with a flawless texture.

 

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ไวน์ Facts

Country: France
Sub Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2018
Colour: Red
Varietal: 72% Merlot 28% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol %: 13.5%
Food Suggestion: Beef and Venison
Provenance (Old/New World): Old World
Bottle Size: 750 ml

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Wine Score

89 Critics' Score, Aggregated
Wineyou 89Points

Domaine Les carmels – Les Vendanges

 

Density of Plantation :
• 0.66 ha planted at 3300 trees per hectare and aged of 35 years and more
• 5.77 ha planted at 5500 trees per hectare and aged of 25 years and more
• 0.50 ha planted at 6200 trees per hectare planted in 2018

Global Grape Varieties : 66 % Merlot, 17% Malbec, 11 % Cabernet Franc & 6% Cabernet Sauvignon

SOIL : A view which illustrates the soil of the area and its character was expressed by local people who said “your earth is in love Sophie”. To fully understand this expression one only has to walk around (particularly in damp conditions) to find it clings to you like a lover, literally on your boots! Indeed, the ground is dominant with white, green, red or brown clay elements. But as it is usual in this sector, the soil is extremely varied with limestone zones and other rocky sectors. At any rate, the suitability of the ground to the production of vines was demonstrated as remarkable when, excavating to a depth of 8 meters prior to construction of the wine storehouse, the exposed clay at that depth was observed to be full of roots.

 

CULTURE : The domaine is committed to organic approach since 2010, certified by Qualisud. We dedicate lots of our energy to the work of the ground and to control a qualitative grassing which, coupled with clays, takes care to regulate the shoot of the vine. We lead the vineyard in « Bordelaise pruning » and make all the operations in green necessary to obtain high quality grapes ( removing the unwanted new shoots, trellising high, thin the leaves and removing green bunches of grapes thinning out the leaves if needed).

Production : 6 100 bottles – 375 magnums – 22 doble-magnum

Wine Making : the harvest date is defined according to the tasting of berries : September 16th, 2020 for the Merlot and September 24th , 2020 for the Cabernet Franc. The work in our cellar with gravity system is modulated according to the quality of the grapes harvested, and supervised from day to day depending on the tasting. It consists all in all in some unballastings, and a special attention throughout the whole process.

Ageing: the merlot is put into barrels in November and the cabernet franc in sandstone amphorae. It stays for 15 months before bottlin

 

Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

  • Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
  • White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

  • Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
  • Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.