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Divinus de Château Bonnet Red
Divinus is Château Bonnet's prestige cuvée. Our winemaking team has taken the greatest of care every step of the way to produce a wine on a par with the great growths. Made from perfectly ripe grapes, this cuvée displays softer fruit, more body and more pronounced oak when young than the Château Bonnet Réserve.
Wine style
Rich and Powerful
Grape blend
Merlot 80% / Cabernet Sauvignon 20%.
Weather
The winter of 2004 was marked by below-average temperatures and a water déficit. Summer weather was quite variable, but was not very hot. Sunshine was good in july, but there were heavy showers in August. September was remarkably warm with plenty of sunshine and high night-time temperatures.
Tasting Comment
Appearance
Deep, intense purple.
Nose
Plum, blackberry, sloe nose. Oaky, toasty. Elegant.
Mouth
Smooth upfront, powerful, rich. The tannins need a few more years to round out. Good concentration, fruity, tarry, licorice notes. Persistent.Drink between 2010 and 2019, with barbecue or casserole.
Ratings and reviews
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The 2003 was awarded a star last year, and this special cuvée, Divinus, is even better in 2004. Deep, intense colour, nose as complex as it is powerful, with rich berry, gingerbread and toasty notes overlaying a musky base. After six months in barrel, the fruit is still present, in the ample, smooth body given backbone by silky tannins segueing to a melting finish. A quality Bordeaux ; drink within two years.
Very ripe blackberry and plum nose ; opulent palate with tightly knit tannins, this is an attractive wine which should gain subtlety as it ages.
Medals
Concours Mondial Bruxelles 2010
Consumption period
2013 - 2017
Our suggestions
Ground
Surface
4.00 ha
Soil
Shallow soils with clay and asteriated limestone, excellent drainage and southern exposure.
Winemaking
Grape harvest
By hand
Others
Plant food
Traditional, limited application.
Plant density
5,000 vines per hectare.
Wine average age
23 years
Grape variety
Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon
Pruning type
Double guyot with debudding.
Fermentation
Temperature contrrolled with pumping-over and breaking up of the cap of solid grape particles.
Fermentation temperature
30°C
Malolactic
Yes
Wine maturing
For 18 months in new french oak barrels.
Wine montage
Eggwhites
Maturing potential
Expressive between 3 and 5 years, can age up to 10 years.
Recipes
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