Bordeaux

Private: Cassini

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Bordeaux

Variety

Merlot

No oak here! This is Bordeaux’s answer to a bistrot vin de soif. Easy to like and hard not to finish, this is a soft, medium-bodied red wine full of ripe, plummy fruit notes and just the right touch of dusty earth.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Lieu-dit La Coste in the village of Cabara

Soil type

Clay-limestone

Vine age1981

Vineyard size4 ha

PruningGuyot simple

ExpositionSoutheast

Altitude70m

Vinification

Natural yeast fermentation, three weeks maceration

Elevage10-12 months in concrete tanks

Harvest typeMachine Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined and unfiltered

Additional info

Total production average20,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle652012288046

More about
the producer

Private: Cassini

Founded in 1999

6 hectares

In a region blessed with arguably the world's finest terroir and winemaking traditions, yet beleaguered by intervention-heavy techno-winemaking and a reliance on consultants and historic reputations, Arnauld Cassini joins the small cadre of Bordeaux producers creating a quiet revolution. Let's start with the most unorthodox method of Cassini's mad genius: there is no oak used in any of his wines! Cassini decides to let the terroir of St. Emilion speak for itself.

Arnauld’s roots are steeped in St. Emilion (he began his career at Château Figeac), but today, his closest contemporaries are the new wave Loire winemakers, like his close friends Catherine and Pierre Breton, who are helping him convert to biodynamic winegrowing. He is more likely to look to folks like Didier Da...