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 15505-18
Label 15505-18

Chateau Amour - Cuvee Cupidon - 2018

Blend
50% Cabernet Sauvignon
50% Merlot
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Medoc
UPC
0 15643 88486 3
New
Red Wine
15505-18
Product Ratings
Wine Enthusiast 90pt

A half-and-half blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a ripe, black-currant-flavored and smoothly textured wine. Light smokiness from wood aging brings complexity. Acidity comes through freshly and strongly at the end. Drink from 2022.

by Wine Enthusiast, 2021

Ageing

Barrels 100% (33% new barrels), during 6 months.

Background

The property benefits from one side of the Atlantic Ocean influences, the other of the presence of the Gironde estuary, providing favorable weather conditions for the development of grape varieties and a maturity of grapes. The vineyard grows on gravel mounds worthy of the best soils of the Medoc. Composed of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Merlot, the vineyard flourish hillocks on some of the best terroirs in the Medoc. Today the Chateau estate is composed of 90 hectares in the AOC Medoc region grouped around and about the domain, of which 53 hectares are planted with vines producing wine at the moment.

Food pairing

Grilled rack of lam, red meat, ceps in parsley, grilled duck breast and strong cheeses

Harvest

With manual and mechanical noting by parcel.

Tasting notes

Deep ruby-red. The nose opens up to blackberry and redcurrant notes with pepper. The palate is structured by tannin presence which still leaves decent room for the fruit. The finish is spicy in this grippy wine.