2019 AOC Blaye - Helices
2019 AOC Blaye - Helices
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Lovely soft Bordeaux from old vines over limestone, Damien’s mother’s parcels that slope down to the Gironde estuary. Deep fruit, cassis lifted with limey acidity
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Cuvée: Les Helices
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: 70% Merlot, 20% Cab Franc, 10% Cab Sav
ABV: 14.5%
Vintage: 2019
Winemaking: Everything is destemmed, before a slow, gentle maceration over 28 days. They do about 3 pump-overs in total at the beginning of the fermentation; but then leave it alone. Aged for two years in concrete tanks, bottled in the waning moon in spring 2021.
Sulphur: 35mg/l total
Soil: Clay and limestone