Wine features
Grape Variety
Merlot • Cabernet Franc
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Capacity
750ml
Temperature
16-18∘C
DBR Chateau Lafite
The Lafite Rothschild family has been producing wine in Bordeaux since 1868. For six generations, they got to know this beautiful landscape and understand the unique traits of the vines from each appellation. Three decades ago, the family was inspired to create a new wine series, where each wine would be the epitome of the appellation it came from. Their motivation was simple – to ensure wine lovers everywhere could dive into Bordeaux and taste the originality of each appellation. And so, the Légende R range was Born.
Tasting Notes
Deep ruby-red colour with superb brightness. Intense, complex nose, dominated by jammy notes of red fruit such as strawberry and Morello cherry, evolving with subtle oaky aromas. After a persistent attack on the palate, the wine develops with noticeable yet well-integrated tannins, making way for a fresh, flavourful finish.
vineyard & Vinification
Saint Emilion presents a great diverstiy of soils due to erosion, between a fossil rich limestone bedrock, sandy-gravelly hilltops, clay limestone and sand on clay. The resulting wines range from fine and aromatic to more souple and generous.
This wine is made in the traditional Bordeaux methods : grapes are destemmed and crushed before being placed in thermoregulated stainless steel tanks for fermentation. Fermentation is conducted at 30°c and is followed by three weeks of maceration with regular pump-over to ensure a gentle extraction of the tannins. After malolactic fermentation, 60% of the wine is transfered into French oak barrels for a period of 12 months.
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