Henri Bourgeois - La Porte Du Caillou Sancerre Rouge2009

RED WINE

Food matches

A fine representation of a Sancerre Pinot Noir wine. The ample bouquet of Les Portes du Caillou is ideal for your braised and pan-sauteed white or red meats. Glazed roast meats are a perfect match….
Pure pleasure!

Winery Technical Data

Terroir: Chalky-clay.
Yield: 48 hl/ha.

Tasting notes

This wine with its characteristic connotations of red fruits (cherries, morellos…) is subtly woody. On the palate, it reveals good roundness and a light, pleasant astringency (tannins from the grapes as well as the oak barrels) assuring good aging for 8 to 10 years.

Vinification

This Sancerre rouge is created from Pinot Noir vines growing on chalky-clay soils. Vinification begins with fermentation in vats (12 days of maceration) at 26 to 32°C during which time the cap is punched and the must pumped over twice daily in order to extract a maximum of color and tannins from the grape skins. Once the malolactic fermentation is achieved, the wine is matured for 6 to 8 months in Troncais forest oak barrels (1/3 of which are replaced yearly).