La Chapelle de Haut-Bages Libéral Pauillac 2018

LA PASSION DES TERROIRS

La Chapelle de Haut-Bages Libéral Pauillac
2018

  • Organic
  • Biodynamic
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Pauillac
Varietal(s)
Merlot 65 %
Cabernet Sauvignon 35 %
Alcohol percentage
13,5%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Sugar content
1.8 g/l
Producer's website

About this winery

One of today’s leading companies in the Bordeaux wine sector, Lucien Lurton & Fils was set up by Lucien Lurton and his ten children in 1993. The business took the name La Passion des Terroirs in 1999 to mirror its strong attachment to terroir and the passion of a whole family for vines and wine throughout its history and to become a fullyfledged Bordeaux wine merchant. The company is now among the top 10 négociant houses in the Bordeaux market, distributing wines from all the appellations of...

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Press reviews

Decanter

- 92 points -

Jane Anson, (Vintage 2016)

What a lovely run of Pauillacs in this vintage; hefty, deep, not subtle at this early stage, with chewy tannins, and long lives ahead. Not charming wines, but powerful. At Haut-Bages Libéral they're undergoing conversion to organic and biodynamic. They harvested right through until 19 October in 2016, and here the rich damson fruit and tannins are enrobed by oak, with some heat on the finish. Matured in 40% new oak. Eric Boissenot consults.

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