Tasting Notes

Robe of garnet, with an intense and complex nose of ripe fruit and compotes.

Very nice fleshy structure, long with good balance and smooth tannin.

Wine Information

Vintage 2017
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Appellation Malepère
Style Red
Producer Chateau de Cointes
Grapes 50% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Grenache Noir
Pairing Pork, Cheese
Keeping Drink within 5 to 7 years of bottling.
Vinification

Grapes harvested from selected plots, whose performance has been regulated by green Harvesting. Long aging in barrels for 3 years.

Bottle 75cl
Volume 14.5%


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.