2016 Chateau Haut-Lariveau Fronsac, Bordeaux, FranceABOUT THIS WINE 100% Merlot that's manually harvested at full maturity. Fermentation lasts approximately 3 weeks in temperature controlled tanks. The wine is aged in 25% new barrels for 12 to 18 months. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Bndicte and Grgoire Hubau do not come from winemaking families, nor did they pursue studies in enology or viticulture. Both natives of northern France, Bndicte was a computer specialist and Grgoire a chemist. Without much ado, they

After the harvest (happening around late October)

Crisp apple

Around this time he also stopped using chemical herbicides altogether

Champagne Salon comes from a single hectare plot called « the Salon garden » and nineteen other small plots in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger selected by Eugène-Aimé Salon at the beginning of the 20th century

the cooling Mediterranean influence is matched by a view of Corsica and Elba on a clear day

Grown in a vineyard planted in 1930

Daniel Landi and Fernando Garcia

calcareous marly schists

These high lands are located just 45 minutes south of Barcelona in the mountains of Tarragona overlooking the Mediterranean

and sulfur is only added at bottling

These well-drained alluvial soils had a long history of producing balanced

with more sand in the first 2 feet