Winemaker Notes
The wine offers plenty of blue fruit, cassis notes with a distinct dusty minerality. It is very pleasing right now, with no need to age. It will appeal to all those seeking a ready-to-drink, yet intriguing wine. A blend of mostly Merlot coming from 16 hectares of vines planted in clay-limestone soils on a well-drained plateau near the village of St. Antoine du Queyret in in Entre-Deux-Mers. Latrique goes through traditional vinification with cold maceration and aging for 8 months in new barrels.
Blend: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
Elegant and inviting with hints of spiced plum, black cherry and red flower, then to a palate of bramble, liquorice and fine, glossy tannins.
In most of France, wines are named by their place of origin and not by the type of grape (with the exception of Alsace). Just like a red Burgundy is by law, always made of Pinot noir, a red Bordeaux is a blended wine composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Depending on the laws of the village from which the grapes come, the conditions of the vintage and decisions of the winemaker, the blend can be further supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and in rare cases, Carmenere. So popular and repeated has this mix of grape varieties become worldwide, that the term, Bordeaux Blend, refers to a wine blended in this style, regardless of origin.