Clos du Jaugueyron Margaux 2016
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- TASTING NOTE: Beautiful perfumed aromatics, subtle smoky, woody aromas perfectly integrated with just ripe blackberries and blackcurrants. The palate is soft and velvety, fleshy and mouth filling, with great texture and impressive length. Like on the nose, blackberries and blackcurrant are the main event here. The tannins are present yet gentle and polished. A wine of finesse.
- ABOUT THE WINE: This is the estate's best cuvee. Farmed from 3.75 hectares, with 8,000 vines per hectare, and with most vines 27 years old. Yields are low with an average of 30hl / ha. The grapes are hand harvested in small crates including sorting in the vineyard. Natural fermentation in concrete tanks. Aging for 12 months in barrels (Taransaud, Ermitage, Berthomieu and Stockinger), 50% new oak. Only 6,000 bottles are produced each year. Light filtration if needed, low sulfur.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Michel Theron and Stephanie Destruhaut head up the 8ha of vines known as Clos du Jaugueyron, happily ensconced in Arsac, at the south-west edge of the Margaux appellation. By Théron’s own admission, there’s not a lot going on in that part of the world - isolated and out of the way somewhat. And that’s exactly how he likes it, after all, for someone farming organically it’s an advantage to be further from neighbours who may not share the same farming approach as you. Having said that, wine lovers will know the region to be dotted with Margaux’s classified growths, so it’s not all bad terroir to share! Michel and Stephanie are firm believers in organic/biodynamic viticulture, converting officially with the 2008 vintage and gaining Demeter certification. Natural farming and sustainability is a way of life for them in their day to day, carrying through from the vineyards to the winery and beyond. The vineyards planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are plowed, and do not see a synthetic product. Instead careful attention is paid to the vineyard ecosystem, striving for balance naturally and letting the clay/gravel/quartz terroir of Arsac, and the deep fine gravels and sandy soil of Macau impart their goodness on the vines. When vintage rolls around, grapes are hand harvested and transported to the winery where they are vinified in concrete tanks using natural yeast fermentation and a minimal amount of sulphur. The wine is then transferred to barriques or foudre for 12 months and no filtration upon bottling. It all sounds so simple. And in many respects it is - grow the best grapes you can, don’t add too much or do too much. The magic, however, is in the soils and the care given to the ecosystem surrounding the vines. The team at Clos du Jaugueyron are proponents of the approach to outstanding results - Margaux reminiscence of simpler times, finessed and pure, with an unmistakably contemporary feel that’s approachable now. Mosaique Wines
- COUNTRY: France
- REGION: Bordeaux
- SUB-REGION: Margaux
- VARIETAL: Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Merlot 30%
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Michel Théron
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Minimal Sulphites, Organic / Biodynamic Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 12.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
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