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Chateau Fleur Cardinale - 2019

Chateau Fleur Cardinale - 2019

Chateau Fleur Cardinale - 2019

Blend
24% Cabernet Franc
1% Cabernet Sauvignon
71% Merlot
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Saint-Emilion
UPC
0 15643 65798 6
0 15643 79559 6
0 15643 86736 1
Red Wine
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Product Ratings
James Suckling 95pt

Beautiful clarity of crushed red berries with dried flowers and sliced oyster mushrooms on the nose. Full-bodied with layers of ripe tannins and juicy fruit. Chocolate and walnut character comes through, together with hints of vanilla bean. Beautifully curated. 76% merlot, 20% cabernet franc and 4% cabernet sauvignon.

by James Suckling, 2022
Vinous Media 94pt

The 2019 Fleur Cardinale is a real head-turner. Lush and voluptuous in the glass, the 2019 offers up copious dark fruit, along with hints of chocolate, spice, new leather, menthol and licorice. There is no shortage or richness or lushness.

by Vinous Media, 2022
Wine Advocate 92pt

The 2019 Fleur Cardinale derives from a late-ripening site on the north-facing side of Saint-Emilion's limestone plateau. Revealing aromas of jammy cherries, spices, dark chocolate and mocha, it's full-bodied, broad and velvety, with powdery tannins and a generous core of lively fruit, concluding with a chalky finish. This is a fleshy, front-loaded wine in a contemporary style that will please consumers who favor power and richness, but which will leave purists wondering if less might be more.

by Wine Advocate, 2022
Wine Enthusiast 93pt
by Wine Enthusiast, 2022
Wine Spectator 92pt

Richly textured, with currant and fig paste notes rolling through slowly, laced liberally with humus, alder and tobacco. A touch burly, but the fruit has an unctuous hint as a counterbalance. This is for fans of the bigger style. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

by Wine Spectator, 2022
James Suckling 95pt

Beautiful clarity of crushed red berries with dried flowers and sliced oyster mushrooms on the nose. Full-bodied with layers of ripe tannins and juicy fruit. Chocolate and walnut character comes through, together with hints of vanilla bean. Beautifully curated. 76% merlot, 20% cabernet franc and 4% cabernet sauvignon.

by James Suckling, 2022
Vinous Media 94pt

The 2019 Fleur Cardinale is a real head-turner. Lush and voluptuous in the glass, the 2019 offers up copious dark fruit, along with hints of chocolate, spice, new leather, menthol and licorice. There is no shortage or richness or lushness.

by Vinous Media, 2022
Wine Advocate 92pt

The 2019 Fleur Cardinale derives from a late-ripening site on the north-facing side of Saint-Emilion's limestone plateau. Revealing aromas of jammy cherries, spices, dark chocolate and mocha, it's full-bodied, broad and velvety, with powdery tannins and a generous core of lively fruit, concluding with a chalky finish. This is a fleshy, front-loaded wine in a contemporary style that will please consumers who favor power and richness, but which will leave purists wondering if less might be more.

by Wine Advocate, 2022
Wine Enthusiast 93pt
by Wine Enthusiast, 2022
Wine Spectator 92pt

Richly textured, with currant and fig paste notes rolling through slowly, laced liberally with humus, alder and tobacco. A touch burly, but the fruit has an unctuous hint as a counterbalance. This is for fans of the bigger style. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

by Wine Spectator, 2022
James Suckling 95pt

Beautiful clarity of crushed red berries with dried flowers and sliced oyster mushrooms on the nose. Full-bodied with layers of ripe tannins and juicy fruit. Chocolate and walnut character comes through, together with hints of vanilla bean. Beautifully curated. 76% merlot, 20% cabernet franc and 4% cabernet sauvignon.

by James Suckling, 2022
Vinous Media 94pt

The 2019 Fleur Cardinale is a real head-turner. Lush and voluptuous in the glass, the 2019 offers up copious dark fruit, along with hints of chocolate, spice, new leather, menthol and licorice. There is no shortage or richness or lushness.

by Vinous Media, 2022
Wine Advocate 92pt

The 2019 Fleur Cardinale derives from a late-ripening site on the north-facing side of Saint-Emilion's limestone plateau. Revealing aromas of jammy cherries, spices, dark chocolate and mocha, it's full-bodied, broad and velvety, with powdery tannins and a generous core of lively fruit, concluding with a chalky finish. This is a fleshy, front-loaded wine in a contemporary style that will please consumers who favor power and richness, but which will leave purists wondering if less might be more.

by Wine Advocate, 2022
Wine Enthusiast 93pt
by Wine Enthusiast, 2022
Wine Spectator 92pt

Richly textured, with currant and fig paste notes rolling through slowly, laced liberally with humus, alder and tobacco. A touch burly, but the fruit has an unctuous hint as a counterbalance. This is for fans of the bigger style. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

by Wine Spectator, 2022

Vinification

Cold maceration in 20 temperature-controlled cylindrical stainless steel vats, 68 to 109 hL 5 temperature-controlled cylindrical stainless steel wine storage tanks, 21 to 52 hL 10 wood vats of 500 L.

MISC

Surface area in production: 44.46 acres (18 ha).
Density of plantation: 6,000 vines/hectare.
Grape varieties: 75 % Merlot – 15 % Cabernet Franc – 10 % Cabernet Sauvignon.
Soils: Clay and limestone.
Yield after sorting: 30 hl/ha.
Hand-harvesting: 100 %.
Dates of harvest: from September 28 to October 17.
Vineyard management: Natural grass growing between the rows – De-leafing –De-budding.

Ageing

12 months in new French oak barrels, 7 coopers.

Harvest

100% by hand in small crates. First sorting in the vineyard, de-stemming of the bunches, sorting by densimetry andthen a final manual sorting is done Vat-filling by gravity

MISC

Surface area in production: 44.46 acres (18 ha).
Density of plantation: 6,000 vines/hectare.
Grape varieties: 75 % Merlot – 15 % Cabernet Franc – 10 % Cabernet Sauvignon.
Soils: Clay and limestone.
Yield after sorting: 30 hl/ha.
Hand-harvesting: 100 %.
Dates of harvest: from September 28 to October 17.
Vineyard management: Natural grass growing between the rows – De-leafing –De-budding.

Vinification

Cold maceration in 20 temperature-controlled cylindrical stainless steel vats, 68 to 109 hL 5 temperature-controlled cylindrical stainless steel wine storage tanks, 21 to 52 hL 10 wood vats of 500 L.

Ageing

12 months in new French oak barrels, 7 coopers.

Harvest

100% by hand in small crates. First sorting in the vineyard, de-stemming of the bunches, sorting by densimetry andthen a final manual sorting is done Vat-filling by gravity