Château Fleur Cardinale 2018

Château Fleur Cardinale 2018

Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé

93-96/100 Wine Spectator

Tasting Note: Offers beautiful fruit, with exotic notes of plum and boysenberry sliding along, carried by a very velvety structure. The long finish has a nice flow, showing a latent aniseed echo. It seems to hold back a bit, but there is a serious depth of fruit here. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Rating scale: 93 - 96." James Molesworth (2019)

The winegrower tells you about it:

"His robe is deep and dense. The pleasure continues on the nose, where an intense aromatic palette is revealed, with ripe fruit, sprinkled with floral and spicy notes. On the palate, the cru charms with its balance and generous substance, backed by noble and silky tannins. The finish is long and aromatic. In short, its personality is surprising, so much it knows how to be both powerful and elegant".

Technical :

• Area planted: 23.5 hectares - 49 plots of land

• Planting density: 6225 / 8000 vines per ha (old / young vines)

• Clayey-limestone soils, 7 types of soils and subsoils :

• Brunisols derived from Fronsadais Molasse / Calcisols derived from Fronsadais Molasse / Calcisols derived from Agenais Molasse / Calcosols derived from Fronsadais Molasse / Calcosols on Asterian Limestone / Calcosols derived from green clay with calcareous nodules / Calcareous Colluviosols

• Grape Variety : 76% Merlot / 20% Cabernet Franc / 4% Cabernet Sauvignon

• Average age of the vines: 40 years

• Harvest : Manual, in small crates.

• Sorting: By densimetry (Tribaie) and manual sorting

• Vinification : Truncated cone-shaped stainless steel vats, thermo-regulated over their entire height.

• Breeding : 12 to 14 months in new barrels