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Bouchet
Bordeaux ‘La Rentiere’
France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Red
Winery Overview
As the descendant of a great Bordeaux wine-growing family, Marc is a qualified oenologist and an international wine consultant, he has drawn on his long experience and savoir-faire to make a range of wines that are attractive and fruit forward and can be enjoyed on any occasion. Marc Lurton and his wife Agnes run Vignobles Marc & Agnès Lurton along with their daughter Pauline, the 6th generation of the family.
The lands of Bouchet are located in Grezillac, in Bordeaux's Entre-Deux-Mers region, some 10 km south of Saint-Emilion. In the 12th century, the monks' soldiers who belonged to the Templars built a church and some facilities in the forest around the village of Bouchet and started to cultivate grains and grow vines. The estate was later acquired by Marc's grandfather in 1901. The 99 acres of vines are made up of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot (for the red and rosé wines) and Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle (for the whites), and are planted on slopes in outstanding clay-limestone terroir.
The vineyard is located on the heights of Entre-deux-mers, 10 km from Saint Emilion. A cavernous underground cave network weaves far and wide beneath the vineyards of Bouchet, with a mysterious, elusive history of its own. Average vine age: 25 years
Terroir
Limestone and clay with Asteria limestone subsoil.
Viticulture
Integrated crop management enables healthy grapes without destabilizing the biological balance of the vineyard. Rigorous selection during the harvest (grape variety and plots are vinified separately). The grapes are harvested by hand in mid-September.
Vinification
Stainless Steel fermentation with temperatures around 77°F to 86°F, 2-3 weeks of macerations, and malolactic fermentation. Unfined, unoaked, estate bottled.
Sulfur: <100 mg/L
Blend: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon / 50% Merlot
Aging
Minimum 2 years of cement aging. No oak aging to preserve the fruit.
Tasting Notes
Deep ruby red in color. fresh aromas of ripe red berry fruit. Medium body and well balanced, with round integrated tannins. Long in the finish. A delicious fruit driven wine.
