With its golden medal from Paris' General Agriculture Contest, L'Essentiel probably shows Languedoc's best unbeatable quality/price ratio. Its deep ruby color presages ripe, firm tannins, incorporated in a full-bodied and supple wine. The attack is frank and leads, through a palatable balance of fruit and spices, to an unctuous finish.

 

Composition: 

10% Cinsault, 10 % Cabernet franc, 30 % Merlot, 20 % Syrah, 30 % Grenache

 

Tasting advice:

Food pairing: grilled meat, spicy dishes, cooked bell pepper

Temperature : 16 °C (=61°F)

Ageing: between 3 and 5 years..

 

Soil:

Clay and Limestone, Aragon Clay, Ventenac Clay

Density: 4 000 stocks/ha

Yield:

37 hl/ha

 

Wine making:

Traditional, long fermentation (1 month)

Breeding in concrete vats.

 

Alcohol content::

13,5 °

 

Bottled in Château Rayssac in June 2016.

 

Packaging:

Bottle : “Bordelaises - Classic”

(height : 300 mm)

Bar code : 376 019 808 509 4

Box : 6 lying bottles with a separator

Bar code : 376 019 808 710 4