FEATURES
🏰 The 2018 Chateau Desmirail is a 【3rd Grand Cru Classé from Margaux, perfectly representing its appellation with a delicate balance】 that allows it to be enjoyed in its youth while possessing tremendous capacity to improve with age. The 2018 Margaux vintage, while varied across the appellation, saw top wines emerge from diverse terroirs. The estate combines modern winemaking techniques with a deep respect for tradition, ensuring strict grape selection and carefully adapted maturation methods. Expect dark fruit on the nose, leading to a juicy, fresh, long, and precise palate with a hint of licorice on the finish.
🍴 This elegant Margaux red wine is an excellent partner for classic French cuisine, particularly roasted meats like beef or lamb, and richer poultry dishes. Its delicate balance also makes it suitable for mushroom-based dishes.
🥂 Ideal for a formal dinner, a special family gathering, or as a thoughtful gift for someone who appreciates the classic elegance of Bordeaux.
BACKGROUND
The vineyards feature the gravelly soils that characterise the better vineyards of the left bank of the Gironde, although there are also areas of sand and clay. There are approximately 30 hectares to the estate, with vines aged over 25 years on average, these being 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, the remainder mostly Merlot at 39% and a mere 1% accounted for by Cabernet Franc. The fruit is hand-harvested before going to a sorting table positioned in the vineyard, from where it travels to the reception area where the grapes are destemmed, lightly crushed and then fermented according to the plot of origin. During the fermentation the must is pumped over to submerge the cap, and the temperature regulated to around 30ºC, with subsequent maceration of the solids at about two degrees below this figure. Following this the wine is run off into fresh vats for malolactic, tasting and assigning the wines to either the grand vin, Château Desmirail, or the second wine which goes by the name of Château Fontarney for the French market and Initial de Desmirail for export and for the French restaurant trade. The grand vin goes into oak for 12-18 months, with one-third of the barrels new each year; racking is performed every three months, and the fining is achieved with egg whites prior to bottling.
