Cantemerle other_regions_italy pencil lead and tilled soil

pencil lead and tilled soil

berry fruit backed by peppery tannic grip

Pierre Lurton and technical director Pierre-Olivier Clouet told me that the final blend is 72% merlot and 28% cabernet franc (it was 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc during the Primeurs)

Suitably rustic and dense in structure

The old vines are very much in evidence as there is a true abundance of palate soaking dry extract that imparts a velvety mouth feel to the mid-palate and buffers the very firm tannins on the youthfully austere

Cantemerle other_regions_italy pencil lead and tilled soilMagnum. Tasted blind. Looks quite mature ruby. Really mature and fun. Fresh fruit and not too much obvious tannin. Just very slightly austere.