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Château Bonnet Red
Thanks to expressive fruit – but without excessive concentration – Château Bonnet's red wine is unquestionably charming. In fact, it is a benchmark in Bordeaux.The wine is best enjoyed on the young side, although the quality tannin ensures good ageing for several year.
Wine style
Tender and Aromatic
Grape blend
Merlot 50 % / Cabernet Sauvignon 50%.
Weather
Winter and spring were very mild, but the summer of 2014 did not live up to our expectations: it rained heavily in July, and August was much cooler than usual. However, starting in September, a miraculous Indian summer with high temperatures, was very favourable to ripening.
Tasting Comment
Appareance
This immensely pleasurable wine has a beautiful crystal-clear colour with brilliant garnet-red highlights.
Nose
Appetising hints of red fruit, especially strawberry and raspberry, are released when the wine is swirled in the glass.
Mouth
Specially made to be fruity and flavoursome, this wine epitomises the expertise of winegrowers and winemakers in a vintage considered traditional in Bordeaux. It is very smooth and attractive on the palate, as well as wonderfully balanced, and the tannin enhances the overall impression of fruitiness. The aftertaste is fresh and, once again, red fruit flavours predominate. This wine is ideal with salads, as well as cold or hot meat dishes.
Consumption period
2016 - 2020
Our suggestions
Starters
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White meats
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vegetables
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Cheese |
Salads |
Red meats
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Ground
Surface
88.50 ha
Soil
Clay-limestone and clay-siliceous
Winemaking
Grape harvest
By hand or manual sorting before machine harvest
Others
Graft stock
Riparia Gloire - 3309 C - Fercal - 101.14
Plant food
Traditional, limited application
Plant density
3,000 to 5,000 vines per hectare
Wine average age
17 years old
Grape variety
Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon
Pruning type
Double Guyot
Fermentation
In stainless steel tanks with patented cap- breaking system
Fermentation temperature
28 to 30°C
Malolactic
yes
Wine maturing
In tanks and in barrels
Maturing potential
3 to 7 years
Recipes
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