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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Price: £21.29 (Including VAT at 20%)