Château des Bormettes - Instinct Parcellaire Saint-Georges 2016
Provence
Red
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Drink or Keep
17,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
" A benchmark. A classy, racy red, fresh, taut, expressive, long, endowed with great youth, exhaling black cherry, liquorice, garrigue, saline notes, a very Provencal spirit. Deep, its substance is designed to stand the test of time with suppleness and grace". (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve 2020) Perfect for festive meals!
Features
Estate
Château des Bormettes
Cuvée
Instinct Parcellaire Saint-Georges
Vintage
2016
Designation
Côtes de Provence
Region
Provence
Grape varieties
En majorité Syrah (40 ans)
Terroirs
Schistose, ferrous soil, poor in clay, very stony. On 2 parcels of 2 ha, in the area adjoining a hill where the Napoleonic cadastre mentions the foundations of a leprosarium belonging to the Templar order.
Viticulture
Reasoned
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Destemming, crushing, 2-day cold maceration before fermentation on indigenous yeasts in vats.
Breeding
Only the free-run juice is matured in demi-muids (French oak) of one wine for one year, before a final maturation in vats lasting several months.
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Dark garnet colour
Nose
Classy, expressive aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant and graphite, with hints of mocha and burlat cherry.
Mouth
Deep and racy, attack on black fruits, powerful tannins, long roasted notes on the finish, garrigues. Beautiful salinity.
Serve
Decant at 16-18°C
Open
Decant 2 hours before
Drink before
2028
Production
3,160 bottles and 97 magnums
Food and wine pairing
A perfect accompaniment to grilled red meats, roast beef, game or even Peking duck...
Château des Bormettes
Côtes de Provence
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2020 guide) 17.5/20 (Reference wine)
Domaine rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the wine:
A benchmark. A classy, racy red, fresh, taut, expressive, long, endowed with great youth, exhaling black cherry, licorice, garrigue, saline notes, a very Provençal spirit. Deep, it's made to stand the test of time with suppleness and grace.
About the domain :
Located just 900 meters from the sea, this family estate of almost 80 hectares sold all its production in bulk until Yannick Burles took over as technical director in 2012. Most of the production is bottled on the estate, with some fine cuvées emerging and the wines progressing admirably from year to year. The vineyard has been carefully restructured, which augurs well for the future of this rising star of the La Londe appellation, who is now playing a part in the dynamic development of the wines of this commune with its undeniable potential. The current team makes the wines shine.
Guide Hachette des vins
Domaine noté (guide 2020) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
Dating back to the 10th century, this vineyard became the property of the Carthusian Fathers of La Verne in 1588. In 1855, Horace Vernet, Napoleon III's official painter, acquired it and added a château. In 1920, it was bought by the Faré family, who still own the property today, and who relaunched bottling at the estate in 2010, entrusting the management of its 65 ha of vines to Julie Barneau and Christophe Deffilippi in 2018.
Wine Enthusiast
Domaine noté (guide 2019) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4.5/5
out of 2 reviews
Note and review by M. FLORIAN C. Published on 23/03/2020
Intense, fresh, complex. Fruit, spice, fine-grained oak. One of the best bottles tasted this year. Thanks for the discovery
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Note and review by M. PHILIPPE J. Published on 03/12/2023
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