M Chapoutier Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne 2012 6x 75cl Bottles - UKHomeOwners.com

M Chapoutier Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne 2012 6x 75cl Bottles

Colour Deep garnet red, with purple highlights. Nose Red fruit raspberry, blackcurrant, with a hint of liquorice. Palate Good attack, it is a round, elegant wine, soft and concentrated tannins, and a long after taste of blackcurrant and raspberry, spicy pepper when it is young. Soil The Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne grows on different types of soil, from West to East les Bessards Granite origin. It forms the soul of a good Hermitage wine le Meal Old alluvial terraces, with a lot of gravels and rolled pebbles, more or less chalky les Greffieux Limon with rolled stones. Harvest Hand harvesting at optimal maturity. Vinification The grapes ferment in open wooden vats after total destemming. Two daily treadings ensure a good extraction of the tannins. The temperature of fermentation varies between 30 and 33Deg C. Maturing Maturing takes place in oak casks for between 12 and 14 months, of which one third is new oak. Several rackings permit a slow and natural clarification process. This wine is unfiltered and unfined.