Saint Emilion Rouge

Cassini

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Saint Emilion

Variety

85% Merlot 15% Cabernet Franc

Arnauld Cassini writes: No oak here! I've limited extraction to avoid rough tannins in the wine. This freshness allows for a thirst quenching wine which could improve with ageing thanks to the structure from the Cabernet Franc.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Perey, Saint Sulpice de Faleyrens

Soil type

'Graves' sand

Vine age1978

Vineyard size2 ha

PruningGuyot simple

ExpositionSouth

Altitude10m

Vinification

Natural yeasts fermentation. 3 weeks maceration.

Elevage12-24 months in concrete tanks.

Harvest typeMachine Harvested

Fining/FilteringBottled unfined and unfiltered

Additional info

Total production average10,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle652012288039

More about
the producer

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...