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Uutiset
The Drink Business, Collin Hay
97-99/100
(St Emilion; destined for a short aging in oak barrels, only 20% of which are new, to retain the purity; a low yield, partly due to the size of the grapes, but also a target for them to concentrate the terroir identity; 14.8% alcohol; tasted with Peter Sisseck at the property). This for me reaches in this vintage a level previously unattained. A fabulous wine from an exceptional terroir that is now se...
Viinin Kuvailu
The Story
Château Rocheyron is an elegant wine that skilfully combines an explosion of red fruit and extreme finesse with fine-grained tannins, expressing this wine’s excellent terroir on St.-Émilion’s limestone plateau. A noble, distinguished, very well-balanced wine that can be appreciated over several decades.
Wine Information
- small yields: about 30 hectolitres per plot, rigorous selection of berries
- Gentle, low-temperature vinification in temperature-controlled concrete vats
- Aged for 18 months in French oak barrels
- Second wine: La Fleur de Rocheyron “Subtle, charming, elegant nose with aromas of black fruit and cinnamon, a delicate woodiness, and a hint of smoke. Beautiful velvety mouthfeel with elegant tannins.”
Vuosikerta 2022
Bordeaux 2022 vintage will stay in the memory of the world of wine as the exceptional vintage which kept a lot of surprises. The year started well with bud break at a normal date, so the frost in early April did not too much damage. The flowering started in mid-May and in optimal conditions. June brought stormy rains which were able to partially reconstitute de water reserves of the soil, however hail fell locally with sometimes very important...