| Château Haut Pezat, Grand Cru, St. Emilion 2008 Grape Varieties 75% Merlot 15% Cabernet Franc 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
Food Matching Note: Grilled venison steak with ham, provolone and mushroom sauce, grilled sirloin steak with anise basil butter, or lamb chops with coarse-grain mustard.
Tasting Note: Hints of ripe plums and damsons on the nose and on the palate. It is rich and velvety, with soft tannin and a long elegant finish.
Vinification Note: These wines are made traditionally with quite long vatting periods of between 5 and 6 weeks in concrete tanks. Fermentation temperatures are checked by hand and refrigeration equipment enables temperatures to be controlled. The wines are then aged in 2 year old casks (10% of which is renewed yearly).
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