Château Moulin Caresse - Cent Pour 100 2015

Name: Château Moulin Caresse - Cent Pour 100 2015
Brand: Château Moulin Caresse
Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)

Montravel|Red wine

Sud Ouest

Red

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Drink or Keep

4.1/5 (10 customers)

89/100

Gilbert & Gaillard

14,5/20

Bettane & Desseauve

Médaille d'Or

Concours Paris

"A must-see

"Beautiful dark color with purplish highlights. Engaging nose, finely toasted, spicy, blackcurrant, plum, woody background. Supple attack, structured palate, dense, full-bodied, shy, vegetal presence still dissociated, a fine construction to be left to refine quietly." (Le Guide des Vins 2017 - Gilbert & Gaillard) The power of the Southwest!

Features

Estate

Château Moulin Caresse

Cuvée

Cent pour 100

Vintage

2015

Designation

Montravel

Region

Southwest

Grape varieties

50% Merlot, 20% Malbec, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Terroirs

A limestone-clay plateau with a ferruginous clay subsoil facing south/southwest, overlooking the Dordogne valley from 80 m above sea level.

Viticulture

Reasoned

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Long vatting period (5-6 weeks depending on grape variety) with micro-oxygenation under marc. Malolactic fermentation in vats

Breeding

18 months in French oak barrels

Alcohol content

14.5 %

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Dark cherry colour

Nose

Fine and distinguished, with notes of undergrowth and ripe black fruit (blackcurrant, blackberry, cooked prunes).

Mouth

Balanced by a beautiful structure and round tannins, pleasant freshness, notes of evolution begin to appear, good length.

Serve

Decant at 18°C

Drink before

2025

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with duck breast, wild boar stew, prime rib, tasty red meats, beef stew...

Château Moulin Caresse

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated (2018 guide) 14.5/20 (Good wine)

Domain rated 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)

About the wine:

A powerful, extracted, gourmand and ripe Montravel, to be kept for a few years, a fine bottle in perspective.

About the domain :

Sylvie and Jean-François Deffarge have been working hard since 1981 to raise the Montravel flag on this estate inherited from Jean-François' father. Today, it covers 52 hectares on the slopes and plateau of Vélines. The vineyard has not yet gone organic, but is striving to do the best it can. The next generation is already in the starting blocks: Quentin and Benjamin are now involved in the life of the estate and are taking it in hand. Their extensive, well-structured range enables them to offer wines for every occasion. The new winery will enable them to push their vision even further, with the addition of some experimental cuvées.

Guide Hachette des vins

Domain rated (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

A very old family estate (1749) located on the heights of Montravel, this vast domaine is today one of the benchmarks in the Bergerac region, thanks to the work carried out since 1990 (when it left the cooperative) by Jean-François Deffarge, a "self-taught oenologist", who is now handing over to his children Benjamin and Quentin. The vineyard (50 ha) extends over 2 very distinct terroirs: clay-limestone slopes and a boulbène plateau. In organic conversion.

Concours Général Agricole de Paris

Gold Medal (Concours Général Agricole Paris)

Gilbert & Gaillard

Wine rated (2017 guide) 89/100

About the wine:

Attractive dark color with purplish highlights. Engaging nose, finely toasted, spicy, blackcurrant, plum, woody background. Supple attack, structured palate, dense, full-bodied, shy, vegetal presence still dissociated, a fine construction to be left to refine quietly.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4.1/5

on 10 reviews