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This was the first year where Chanel’s technical team could implement change both in the vineyard and winery. From the beginning, they started working with horses in the vineyard to be more gentle with their management of the soil – this is particularly effective on the clay-rich hillside. Their first major change in the winery was to bring in smaller vats in order to be more precise in their management of the vinification. The 2018 has classic notes of purple violets and cassis that unfurl in the glass. The palate is awash with lovely earthy notes, leading to a long, persistent finish. The fruit has an impressive, lifted quality that is particularly noticeable. Blend: 78% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc
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A fine and fruity red with blueberries and blackberries and hints of walnuts. Medium to full body and ultra fine tannins that melt into the body of the wine. It’s muscular in some ways. Lots of potential. Punchy.
A rough blend of 78% Merlot and 22% Franc made by the team at Canon (Thomas Duclos also consults here), the 2018 Château Berliquet sports a deeper purple color as well as a complex, layered style in its black raspberry, white flowers, dried earth, spice, and forest floor aromas and flavors. It's medium to full-bodied, has a rounded, expansive texture, beautiful tannins, and brilliant freshness and purity as well as a serious kick of minerality on the finish. Coming from a smaller 10-hectare terroir located on the clay and limestone soils on the upper plateau, it will spend 16 months in 45% new French oak. Tasted twice.
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The Chanel group – owners of Ch. Rauzan-Ségla and Ch. Canon – added Berliquet to their stable of wine estates in 2017. Since then, the team – led by Nicolas Audebert – has been transforming the property, gradually revealing this special Saint-Emilion site’s potential.