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Initiales Red
Our «Caractères André Lurton» is a range of wines carefully created from appellations outside our own vineyards. Benefiting from our winemaking and oenological expertise, it was born from our desire to offer our customers a complete range of Bordeaux wines.
Wine style
Rich and Powerful
Grape blend
Merlot 60% / Cabernet Sauvignon 35% / Petit Verdot 5%
Weather
2016 was one of the finest vintages in the past 20 years. Winter was exceptionally wet and mild, and it rained a great deal in spring until June. However, the weather changed radically in mid-June, turning warm and quite dry, with cool nights. Ideal conditions for growing excellent wine grapes!
Tasting Comment
Appearance
Attractive, brilliant ruby red colour with purple reflections.
Nose
Nose intensely fruity and very fresh, dominated by notes of red fruits, such as ripe strawberries and fresh cherries.
Mouth
Mouth supple, full of generosity and gourmet. The structure is delicate with fine and discreet tannins, perfectly integrated. The whole is harmonious and melted. It is a wine that is perfectly ready to drink, charming by its immediacy and freshness. Serve it with grilled meats, salads, roast pork confit with onions (and any other white or red meat), or a cheese plate.
Ratings and reviews
Beautiful deep garnet red colour with slightly evolved tints. Pleasant nose of black fruits, touches of undergrowth and white pepper. Structured and powerful attack on the palate, with ripe fruit. Refreshing finish revealing fine tannins.
Medals
International challenge Gilbert & Gaillard 2022
Consumption period
2019 - 2026
Our suggestions
White meats
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vegetables
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Cheese |
Salads |
Red meats
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Ground
Surface
3.00 ha
Soil
Garonne gravel ; clay-limestone soil.
Winemaking
Grape harvest
By hand
Others
Graft stock
101.14 - Riparia
Plant food
Organic fertilizer.
Plant density
7,000 vines per hectare
Wine average age
30 years old
Grape variety
Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Petit Verdot / Cabernet Franc
Pruning type
Guyot double
Fermentation temperature
28 ° C
Malolactic
Yes
Wine maturing
In tanks and in barrels
Maturing potential
10 years
Recipes
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