Le Dix 2021

Reflecting a cool year, the first impression on the nose is intense and fruity, highlighting notes of black cherries and ripe raspberries, accompanied by aromatic cocoa, graphite, and cedar notes from the barrel, which provide excellent integration and evolution. The palate is tense, with good concentration, and although the tannins are forward at the beginning, they are elegant. A wine that should evolve gracefully in the coming years, with exceptional cellaring potential from a very particular vintage marked by cool temperatures

Le Dix is made with the utmost care, just like the Bordeaux Grands Crus. Grapes are carefully selected and hand harvested. After desteming, they are placed in temperature controlled stainless steel vats for alcoholic fermentation. During maceration gentle pump- over are performed when necessary for a gentle extraction of the tannins and colouring compounds. Malolactic fermentation occurs naturally in tanks, then the wine is transferred into French oak barrels made by the Tonnellerie des Domaines in Pauillac (60% new oak) for a period of 18 months. This wine will reveal its complexity with further bottle ageing. Cellar in good conditions for up to ten years or more.