Château l'Escarderie « Passion »

Grape varieties

Merlot (60%), Cabernet Franc (40%)

Producer

Famille Schmid-Haguenin at Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière (33240)

Comment

Since May 2015, the Schmid-Haguenin family has been working to bring Château L’Escarderie back to life. Committed to Organic Farming with a view to certification in 2018, the owners make it a point of honor to make a real wine, as natural as possible. The harvest and many works are done manually. The 19th century cellar, with a very clever semi-buried design, allows natural regulation of the temperature and a gravity supply of the harvest. It is only the yeasts naturally present on the berries that will trigger fermentation. Throughout the entire vinification and maturation process, a professional oenologist ensures monitoring. Impeccable control of the sanitary state makes it possible to considerably reduce the quantity of sulfur necessary for good storage of the wine.

Tasting

Amphora is a vintage aged in terracotta amphorae. The tannin of the fruit without that of the oak, inputs limited to the strict minimum and a deliberately low sulphite content. A very present fruit, enveloped in the velvet and minerality of the amphora. Very supple, Amphora offers a frank attack which asserts its character with tannins exclusively from the fruit, followed by an finish with mineral notes.

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