Chateau La Perriere 2020
- Producer
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Blend
5% Cabernet Franc
5% Cabernet Sauvignon
90% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Lussac-Saint-Emilion
- UPC 8 73964 00199 0
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Item# 1212-20R
James Suckling
90pt
Wine Enthusiast
90pt
Description
The estate’s second wine is vinified at lower temperatures, with less extraction to preserve roundness, balance and fruit. The parcels are planted on more clayey soils on the southern slopes of the estate. Gourmand and fruity, this light wine can be tasted in its early years as well as being kept for a few years to enjoy more mellow tannins.
Estate
Château La Perrière is located in the commune of Lussac. Monks established a monastery here in the Middle Ages and were the first to plant vines. The estate owes its name to an eponymous stream, which in turn takes its name from the word pierrière, meaning rock quarry. There are currently 14 hectares of vines that benefit from a well-drained clay-limestone subsoil. Jean-Luc Sylvain, a well-known cooper from Bordeaux's Right Bank, bought La Perrière in 2003 and shortly thereafter set about renovating the cellar, storage area, and vineyard.
