Chateau Chantalouette - Pomerol 2016
Price: $49.99
| Producer | Chateau Chantalouette |
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| Country | France |
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| Region | Bordeaux |
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| Varietal | Merlot, Cabernet Franc |
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| Vintage | 2016 |
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| Sku | 33071 |
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Chateau Chantalouette Description
2016 was an exceptional year, marked by
radical changes in weather patterns: wet
and cool weather from January to June was
followed by a summer heatwave and drought,
some more-than-welcome rain in early
September, then sunshine, hot days and cool
nights from mid-September until the end of
the harvest. A cool and very damp spring
followed a wet winter. Three-quarters of the
year’s rain fell between January and June,
replenishing the groundwater. Flowering started at the end of May, later than usual, and was extended and rather uneven. Temperatures jumped 10° C in late June as summer set in, with virtually no more rain until mid-September. It was hot and very dry, with a period of drought between 24 June and 12 September; 15mm of rain fell in August.
Veraison occurred late and slowly, favoured by fine late-season weather; mid-veraison took place between 8 and 18 Au- gust. September was also hot but rain on 13 and 14 September set off the ripening process, enabling the grapes to mature slowly and gently in ideal conditions.
MATURING: 1/3inoakbarrels2/3invats
TASTING NOTES: The wine is red with purple highlights. The intense nose reveals red berry aromas, delicately comple- mented by spice and vanilla notes. A very supple attack leads into a well-balanced and complex mid-palate on fresh red fruit flavours, especially cherry. Notes of spice and cocoa appear with airing, sustained by velvety, well-integrated tannins, ushering in a long and harmonious finish.
