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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 weather was ideal in 2005 and produced a superb vintage in Bordeaux. It was exceptionally dry for the region from winter to autumn. Sunshine was substantial starting in late spring. Summer temperatures were high, but there was nothing approaching a heat wave.
Tasting Comment
Appearance
Intense, deep garnet.
Nose
Smoky, toasty. Ripe berry notes, hints of leather.
Mouth
Attractive upfront, concentrated and full-bodied. Tannins still a touch astringent, needs a few more years. Rich, opulent, tannic. Berry notes of cassis, cherry, blackberry. Spicy licorice. Smoky, toasty. 2 to 6 years, drink with roast meats.
Ratings and reviews
The luxury cuvée, the 2005 Divinus, is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. It offers a dark ruby/purple color along with an attractive black currant, licorice, smoke, and underbrush-scented, bouquet. Medium-bodied and fruity with excellent depth and length, it should age nicely for 7-8 years. (Robert Parker)
Fresh and attractive, with berry and currant character. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a light vanilla and berry aftertaste. Best after 2012.
Medals
Concours Mondial Bruxelles 2010
Los Angeles International Wines & Spirits Competition 2009
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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