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2019 Chateau Boutisse
- Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 40 / 750ml
- Red - Savory and Classic
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Critic tasting note: "Youthful and generous with crushed dark berries, fine spice notes and mild oak with a fresh palate, good volume, ripe fruit and young but polished tannin leading to a long fresh finish." - 90/100, Andreas Larsson - Tasted
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Highlights
- From Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 40 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Savory and Classic
- Bordeaux Blend Red
- Pairs well with Beef and Venison
Winery
ChĂ¢teau Boutisse is a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru ClassĂ© wine producer. Located in the northeast commune of Saint Christophe des Bardes, it produces a Merlot-based Bordeaux blend sourced from 25 hectares (61 acres) of estate vin...
Details
- Region or Appellation
- Classification
- Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
- Producer Notes
- ChĂ¢teau Boutisse takes its name from the "boutisse", a calcareous stone used for constructions. The work of this stone during the past centuries left its mark on the property, on its buildings and in the basement of the limestone plateau that makes up its terroir.
- Drinking Window
- 2024 - 2038
- Alcohol ABV
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14.5%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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88% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Cabernet Franc & 1% Carmenere
- Maturation
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Oaked & Amphora Aged
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Terroir: Clay-Limestone Plateau.
- Vintage Notes
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2019 was marked by a risk of frost, heat waves, but by a very qualitative end to the cycle and harvests under the sun. It is a great vintage for laying down. Lively on the attack, the palate is fruity, balanced and offers juiciness, greediness, an acid structure, a fine concentration as well as a good freshness.
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- Winemaking
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A modern, temperature-controlled winery with small vats to optimise the marc/juice ratio and refine extraction. Traditional fermentation in stainless steel vats. Fractionated pumping over. Vatting for 28 days.
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- Ageing
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Underground concrete tanks: gravity drainage. Malolactic fermentation in barrels. Ageing in barrels for 12 to 15 months. Since 2020, ageing completed by amphoras.
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- Producer Tasting Notes
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A dark ruby color, a nose of sweet spices, mocha, toasty, caramel. A velvety mouth with elegant tannins Very nice length in the mouth.
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(2)About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Lamb kreatopita Starter Course
- Meat in filo pastry
- Contains: lamb mince
- Greek
- Lamb leg with garlic Main Course
- Western
- Fillet steak Main Course
- With Café de Paris butter
- French
- Lamb shank, braised Main Course
- Western
User Ratings
(2)Compare vintages
Vintage quality: Excellent
Current condition: Will keep
For Saint-Émilion, the 2019 vintage was exceptionally good, however, as the region is relatively large, the styles of wine varied significantly from plot to plot.
The growing season began with a benign winter, which moderated into a balmy spring. Benevolent weather reig...
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