Chateau Les Fontenelles Rouge

Chateau Les Fontenelles Rouge Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon from Bergerac, France. 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged for 6 months in oak barrels. Beautiful garnet red color. Much suppleness and roundness in the nose, rich in aroma immediately certain elegance. On the palate elegant in structure with the necessary complexity. Soft tannins and a hint of vanilla betray the light woody touch. Black and red ripe fruit dominate.

Beautiful balanced wine with a long aftertaste. Cabernet Sauvignon is best known in Bordeaux where, together with merlot and cabernet franc, it produces high-class wines. It needs a lot of heat to ripen, otherwise it will become green and juicy with a taste of green pepper. Too much heat makes it soft and jam-like, with a taste of blackcurrants. Cabernet Sauvignon produces very aromatic wines with scents of blackcurrant, vanilla, spices (pepper), tobacco, plum, cherry, toasted bread and cedar. The wines usually have a long shelf life, have a lot of tannin and in principle have to mature in barriques. Merlot is one of the oldest Vitis vinifera varieties that ripens earlier than Carbernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Merlot is important in Bordeaux, especially in Saint-Emilion and Pomerol. Merlot plantings have increased significantly in recent years. The grape is very popular worldwide and people are increasingly realizing that Merlot must be planted in a fairly cool vineyard. This grape produces dark, cool, soft, spicy and fruity wines.