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Chateau Castegens 2016
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Blend
18% Cabernet Franc
2% Cabernet Sauvignon
80% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Cotes de Castillon
- UPC 0 15643 67539 3
Tasting notes
The wine boasts an intense, deep and lively red color. The nose offers black fruit, blackberry, cigar box, licorice, some delicate and integrated oak flavors as well. The mouth is full of fruit flavors, spice and fine toasty flavors. The structure is rich, but the tannins are well integrated already. The finish is long and a slight mintiness give the wine a great length and some purity.
Estate
The castle of Castegens is located on one of the highlights of the appellation Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux, dominating the valley of the Dordogne. Its vineyard in one piece gives it a good homogeneity. It is exclusively planted on hillsides and thus enjoys natural drainage and excellent sunshine thanks to a dominant south-west exposure.
Over the centuries, alliances with the Ségur and Grailly ensured that the castle was passed on to the families of Pitray and Fontenay since 1858 in a direct line. The vineyard is located in the commune of Belvès-de-Castillon, in the continuity of the limestone plateau of the slopes of the Saint-Émilionnais. It is made up of 28 hectares on a clayey-limestone soil with outcrops of flint.
