Les Légendes R Pauillac 750ml
APPELLATION
AOC Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
GRAPE VARIETIES
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
WINEMAKERS
Diane Flamand
ALCOHOL LEVEL
12.5%
Lafite Rothschild family has been producing wine in Bordeaux since 1868. For six generations, they got to know this beautiful landscape and understand the unique traits of the vines from each appellation. Three decades ago, the family was inspired to create a new wine series, where each wine would be the epitome of the appellation it came from. Their motivation was simple – to ensure wine lovers everywhere could dive into Bordeaux and taste the originality of each appellation. And so, the Les Légendes R range was born.
WINE MAKING SCHEME
This wine is made using traditional method. The grapes are destemmed and crushed before being placed in thermoregulated stainless steel vats for fermentation. Fermentation is conducted at 30°C and is followed by 4 weeks of maceration with regular pumping-over to ensure a good extraction of tannins and color. After malolactic fermentation, 60% of the wine is transferred into French oak barrels coming from the Lafite cooperage, for a period of 12 months.
TASTING NOTES
Deep ruby red color.
Intensely cocoa- and coconut-scented nose from barrel aging. With swirling, balsamic notes appear, such as caramel, which combine with hints of sweet spices like clove. On the palate, it is a typical and very elegant Pauillac, at the same time robust, dense, and very aromatic.