Grand Esprit Saint-Estèphe 2015

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Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) today introduced its latest brand offering, Maison de Grand Esprit, a unique French wine portfolio that combines old world winemaking techniques with a new world sourcing model, challenging conventions of the French wine category.

Unveiled at a VIP trade preview event in Paris on 16 June, Maison de Grand Esprit breaks the mould of traditional French houses that focus on a single sub-region and are anchored to a physical location. Instead the new brand, which translates to ‘House of Great Minds’, showcases the very best of France’s regions – Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone and Provence – all under one brand.

Wines are sourced from a selection of France’s premier vineyards and grapegrowers, with all wines made and bottled at wineries in France. The introduction of Maison de Grand Esprit represents a significant step forward for TWE with the addition of a French brand to its existing portfolio of wines from diverse countries of origin including Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Italy.

Inspired by the mystery and magic of the unicorn, our grand esprit Saint-Estèphe 2015 beautifully reflects the terroir and harmonious balance between man and land. This wine from the renowned Médoc sub-region in Bordeaux, offers structure and length, balanced with a rich, expressive palate. Matured in new and seasoned french oak for 12 months, this wine shows exceptional complexity and richness with great potential to age.

Winemaking: 30% french new oak, 70% french oak barriques. during fermentation, only delestage is used over the 4 to 5 weeks of skin contact to extract the tannin and colour. the wine was then pressed, blended and transferred to barrel for 12 months.