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Les Demoiselles Côtes de Bourg Rouge

Varietal

75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon

Notes

VINEYARDS: Extending over the hillsides and sloping south around the Chateau - less than half a mile from the Gironde river. Veronique Cochran farms 20 hectares of Merlot, Cabernet, Cabernet Franc and Malbec on the pedigreed calcaire à astéries, clay and silica soil over a deep limestone bedrock of fossilized oysters—the classic combination for growing great wines in Bordeaux.

VINIFICATION: The grapes undergo a long maceration of anywhere from 15 to 25 days, however great care is taken not to extract dry tannins. Château Falfas uses only indigenous yeasts for long vinifications and eschew such practices of chaptalization, artificial concentration (common in Bordeaux) and filtration. “Les Demoiselles de Falfas” is aged in tank and is meant for early consumption. Limited yields and rigorous selection of the harvested grapes are standard elements at Falfas.

TASTING NOTES: Aromas of soft, ripe fruits on the nose, with an explosion of red summer fruits and strawberry jam on the palate. A delicious wine with lighter tannins, made to be consumed within 6 years of bottling.