Château Alcée - Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux - Rouge - 2016

Wine:

Opening with juicy, elegant, and deep tannins, the 2016 red Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux Château Alcée delivers a beautiful score, all freshness, and balance. It is an energetic, distinguished wine, carried by a radiant Merlot, ready for the meal, to be discovered today with a poultry or a veal chop.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. 100% whole bunches. Fermentation in concrete vats, punching down and pumping over. Aged for 16 to 18 months in 225-liter and 500-liter barrels, half of which are renewed each year.

Color:

Deep red, brilliant, garnet reflections.

Nose:

Aromas of red and black fruits punctuated by notes of graphite and smoke accents.

Palate:

Adorned with a juicy, elegant and deep palate, this wine combines freshness, energy, elegance and persistence in a perfect balance.

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Roasted farm poultry, veal chop with porcini mushrooms, entrecote à la bordelaise, refined farmhouse Saint-Nectaire cheese.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2028

The Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux is an Eldorado of great wines at low prices. And few people know it... This territory, which borders the Saint-Emilion crus and its neighbours, is home to the new recruits of the Bordeaux landscape; it is on these first-rate clay-limestone soils that Nicolas Thienpont, manager of the Pavie Macquin and Larcisse Ducasse crus classés, has set his sights.

Château Alcée benefits from the same care and attention as these great classified growths. The vines, a small enclosure of 6.5 hectares, are located on the plateau, alternating asteriated limestone and red clay.