Château Terrefort Lescalle (Bordeaux AOC) 1.5L 2023 domaine-saint-sylvestre With a remarkably complex bouquet

With a remarkably complex bouquet

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east-facing hillside in 1951 and is one of Sancerre’s easier vineyards to locate

seeing just 23 days of skin contact

Mid-weight with tonnes of character

Château Terrefort Lescalle (Bordeaux AOC) 1.5L 2023 domaine-saint-sylvestre With a remarkably complex bouquet80 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 20 % Merlot, largely from the younger vines and heavier clay plots at Chteau Lescalle (terre fort = strong earth), to give a more richly fruited wine for earlier consumption. The fruit is destemmed and fermented in a mix of stainless steel and concrete tanks. Extraction is via pump overs once or twice a day during ferment (typically 3 to 4 weeks), followed by 12 months maturation in tank. Chteau Lescalle was built in 1875 by