Château Thénac Côtes de Bergerac Rouge
Details
- Type: Red
- Country: France
- Region: South West France
- Vintage: 2015
- Producer: Chateau Thenac
- Primary grape: Merlot
- Secondary grape: Malbec
- Tertiary grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Bottle size: 75cl
- Pack size: 75 cl x 6
- Code: 37128
About the Wine
Merlot
Mare-low
Merlot produces medium bodied, fleshy, juicy wines with round tannins. Often seen as a single varietal, or in a blend with Cabernet Sauvignon to take the hard edges off. Its grown all over the world and commercially one of the most important red grapes in the on-trade.
Flavours:
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Blueberry
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Cherry
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Chocolate
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Plum
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Vanilla
Malbec
Mahl-bek
Malbec is a deeply coloured, intense and tannic, but fruity red. Since Argentina has almost taken it on as its own, it's grown increasingly in popularity. Typically Malbec has flavour characteristics of baked plums, black cherry, violets, sweet spice and sometimes coffee.
Flavours:
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Blackberry
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Cocoa
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Red Plum
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Tobacco
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Vanilla
The Country
France
Following on from a fantastic vintage the year before, French vineyards endured a mixed bag of weather conditions in the early part of the growing season followed by a long, hot summer which produced some memorable wines, even to rival to the excellence of the previous year.
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