Description

Château Méric 2013

A vintage concentration and dept

With the terroir of gravels, a special exhibition, a Work based on the rigor of integrated viticulture (sustainable vine cultivation) and aged on french oak. the team of château méric developed this splendid vintage merlot black Where the ripe fruit aromas mingle. the beautiful structure of cabernet sauvignon combined With the freshness of petit verdot.

A vintage concentration and depth: it is an expression of pure fruit that characterizes the Wines of the 2013 vintage.

The color: the color is very dense, the first clean, straight nose.

The nose: the aromas are fruity, supported by a lot of freshness.

The palate: the attack is soft and tasty, the mid-palate is round, it develops aromas of dark berry and blueberry and the final is a fine structure and soft tannins.

• Harvest: The year 2012 is a rather late vintage. Harvesting began on october 7 for the Merlots. The harvest is mechanical at optimum ripeness of each plot. The work done is traditional but with oenological and advanced technical means. The sort of the grapes in the winery’s manual.
• Winemaking: Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at higher temperatures (around 28/30° C) to extract all the beautiful color and material fruits. The team applied a Micro-oxygenation in cuvier. The grounds needed to be worked, the extraction was pretty intense because the ripe fruit and quality. Fermentation, maceration “under marc” after alcoholic fermentation between 3 and 4 weeks. Malolactic fermentation.
• Soil (Terroir): Sandy gravel of 15 to 30 cm.
• Bassement: Gravel
• Grappes: Cabernet Sauvignon (52%) - Merlot (34%) - Petit Verdot (14%).
• Pruning: double Guyot.
• Cultivation: sustainable vine cultivation.
• Ageing: 18 months in French oak
• Degrees: 12, 5 % Vol.
• Yield: 36 hl / ha to 6600 trees / ha.
• Potential: This wine is appreciated today and will evolve favorably in 10 years.
• Agreement / wine: Red meat spaghetti, character fish, duck confit (roasted ducks), marked cheese.