2019 Château d'Aiguilhe
Community Tasting Note
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 2019 Chateau d'Aiguilhe is fresh, aromatically expressive and delicately spiced. The bottle is sealed with a DIAM-30 cork. The developing Castillon Bordeaux blend is clear and deep ruby in colour. The wine requires an hour of gentle in-bottle aeration to open up. Aromas of blackberry, violet and mint are followed by coffee, tobacco leaf, potting soil and a hint of blood.
The dry and full-bodied mouthfeel is complemented with relatively high levels of acidity and grainy tannin. There are flavours of bramble, red plum, dark chocolate and mushroom in a medium, gently spiced finish. The 14.5% alcohol is well-concealed. The empty bottle weighs 589 grams.
The wine is composed of 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. The vines are grown on clay and limestone soil. The must is fermented in temperature-controlled wooden and concrete vats for 35 days, with regular punching down to promote extraction. The wine is raised in 30% new oak barrels for sixteen months.
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Comment posted by Marcus Tiro:
4/19/2024 1:29:00 PM - Your notes are great, thank you.
Comment posted by apple1813:
4/21/2024 8:45:00 AM - Marcus, thank you for the kind words. I am glad that you appreciate my style of writing.