2019 AOC Blaye - Pirouette

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2019 AOC Blaye - Pirouette

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Dark-fruited and easy going, lifted with a nimble limestone-driven acidity. Beautifully executed little wine.

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Cuvée: Pirouette

Style: Still

Colour: Red

Grapes/Blend: 45% Merlot – 30% Cab Franc – 25% Cab Sauv

ABV: 13%

Vintage: 2019

Winemaking: A blend of two parcels: Cab-Franc and Merlot from limestone slopes, close to the Gironde estuary, Cab-Sauv and Merlot, planted over gravelly soil near Reignac. Everything is destemmed, before a gentle maceration. 12 months in concrete vats, bottled by descending moonlight to ensure stability and limit any sulphur additions

Sulphur: 20mg/l total

Soil: Gravelly soil and limestone

Label illustrated by Madlen Herrstrom