Haut-Médoc AOP 5ème Cru Classé - Château Cantemerle

The Haut-Médoc 5ème Cru Classé from Château Cantemerle in Bordeaux shows a bright, ruby-red color when swirled in the glass. After the first swirl, this red wine reveals a first-class balance, as it does not appear watery, syrupy or liqueur-like on the walls of the glass. This French cuvée presents wonderfully expressive notes of red currant in the glass. There are also hints of white pepper, toasted wood and licorice.

This wine delights with its elegantly dry flavor profile. It was bottled with exceptionally little residual sugar. This is a genuine quality wine that clearly stands out from simpler qualities and thus this Frenchman, despite all its dryness, enchants with the finest balance. Aroma does not necessarily need residual sugar. On the palate, the texture of this balanced red wine is wonderfully dense. On the finish, this wine from the Bordeaux wine-growing region impresses with considerable length. Once again, hints of red currant appear. In the aftertaste, mineral notes from the soils dominated by silicate rock and gravel join in.

Vinification of Château Cantemerle Haut-Médoc 5ème Cru Classé

The basis for the balanced Haut-Médoc 5ème Cru Classé from France are grapes of the Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot varieties. In Bordeaux, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on soils of silicate rock and gravel. Quite clearly, the Haut-Médoc 5ème Cru Classé is also defined by the climate and viticultural style of Haut-Médoc. This French wine can, in the best sense of the word, be described as an Old World wine that presents itself in an exceptionally impressive manner. The berries for this red wine from France are harvested exclusively by hand when they are perfectly ripe. After hand-picking, the grapes are brought to the winery as quickly as possible. There they are selected and gently crushed. Fermentation then takes place in small wooden barrels at controlled temperatures. After fermentation is complete, the elegant Haut-Médoc 5ème Cru Classé is aged for another 12 months in French oak barriques.

Food recommendation for Château Cantemerle Haut-Médoc 5ème Cru Classé

This red wine from France is best enjoyed at a temperature of 15 - 18°C. It pairs perfectly as an accompanying wine with vegetable couscous with beef meatballs, chickpea curry or goose breast with ginger red cabbage and marjoram.

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