Decouvertes DMC takes you on an expedition to some of the high-end wines in the Bordeaux region.
Chateau de Ferrand
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Staying true to the wines of the Saint-Émilion appellation, Château de Ferrand has a garnet color and an intense nose of ripe fruit and spice.
It has very ripe red fruit, blackcurrant, raspberry, and blueberry notes, and a lingering, elegant finish.
Gaining greater roundness and precision whilst retaining elegance and freshness, the new Ferrand team is bringing a style that reveals the vineyard’s potential.
Château de Ferrand is now hailed as one of Saint-Émilion’s most promising wines.
D’Agassac
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D’Agassac is today one of the wines of the Haut-Médoc with the best scores and the most awards.
Château d’Agassac is made from the estate’s oldest vines and best deep gravel terroirs. It is the archetype of the modern Médoc, structured and powerful whilst also well-balanced and fruity, displaying tannins with no aggressive astringency.
Still young, this wine’s structure is dense, supple, and well-balanced. Aging for a few years will enhance its smoothness and mellowness. Its very fruity bouquet with notes of black fruits will develop the mentholated mineral character that is typical of this fine Médoc terroir.
Chateau Coutet Saint Emilion
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Its vines have always been grown with a higher respect for the terroir and nature, as a result of which it obtained organic certification in 2012. A walk among Coutet’s vines helps us understand why the Saint-Émilion landscape is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The density of the plantation is about 6,000 vines/ha. The vine population is made up of 60% merlot, 30% bouchet (cabernet franc), 5% cabernet sauvignon, and, as a touch of originality, 5% pressac (local malbec).
The vines are 38 years old on average.
Hennessy Cognac
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For more than two centuries, the House of Hennessy, the world leader in cognac, has shone from the banks of the Charente in France. It offers an innovative experience between history and modernity, an astonishing journey that invites visitors to discover all the facets of the brand. It offers an innovative experience between history and modernity, an astonishing journey that invites visitors to discover all the facets of the brand.
Chateau Lafleur
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One of the rarest wines in the world, thanks to the modest production volumes and the degree of care and attention that goes into every bottle – expressed in the château motto, “qualité passe quantité” – Lafleur is a brand that emits exclusivity.
In true artisan fashion, every vine is pruned manually and standards are some of the highest in Bordeaux. If the grapes aren’t excellent one year then there may be no vintage at all, as happened in 1987, or just a handful of barrels may be completed.
A totemic estate, a shrine to a time in which wine-making was a laborious, personal affair where châteaux were owned by people rather than multinational corporations, each of the 12,000 bottles produced annually is a labor of love.
Whilst Pétrus may be its equal in Pomerol, it is the characteristic of exclusivity that sets Lafleur apart, and for this reason surviving bottles of famous vintages such as 1945, 1947, or 1961 are highly treasured with very few seeing the light of day, never mind the auction room floor. Even slightly more contemporaneous vintages such as the 1982 regularly fetch at least £2,400 per bottle.
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