Tasting Notes

50% of Merlot completed with Cabernet Franc and Grenache Noir.

Rich and intense with a liquorish finish.

Wine Information

Vintage 2019
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Appellation Malepère
Style Red
Producer Chateau de Cointes
Grapes

50% Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Grenache Noir

Pairing Game, Cheese, Beef
Keeping Drink within 3 to 4 years of bottling.
Vinification
Hand-picking of grapes from selected at the stage of maturity. Seperation, cold skin maceration, fermentation at low temperature. Aged in concrete tanks coated with resins.
Bottle 75cl
Volume 15.0%


Chateau de Cointes


The vineyard is situated south of the fortified city of Carcassonne in south-west France, Anne and Francois (he's a GP during the week and grower at the weekend), have taken over the vineyard from their family, who established the business twenty years ago.

They produce a range of single-grapes wines, as well as more complex whites and reds. This vineyard is in the Cotes de la Malepere - so permitted grapes include Bordeaux varieties such as Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as Mediterranean grapes such as Syrah and Grenache.