Château de Coulaine | Loire | Les Picasses AOC | 2020 | 750ml | bio

Beschreibung

Product description for Château de Coulaine Les Picasses AOC 2020 (bio)

Wine Information

Les Picasses is a cuvée of clay-limestone on yellow limestone, which, as the name suggests, comes from the famous Les Picasses vineyard in the municipality of Beaumont-en-Véron. Three-quarters of the vines on the 1.8 hectares are 20 years old, while the other quarter are around 84 years old. Fermentation takes place in cement vats, followed by malolactic fermentation in barrels. This is followed by aging for twelve months in oak barrels, one-third new, one-third new, and one-third new. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered with a low sulphur content.

Colour

deep purple red

Nose

The 2020 Chinon Les Picasses is a mature late release and offers dense aromas of plums, sweet cherries, cassis, and elderberries combined with a hint of balsamic vinegar, licorice, wild herbs, a few notes of blackcurrant, and sweet notes from the discreet use of wood.

Palate

On the palate, the Cabernet Franc appears ripe and silky with a dense texture and a fleshy abundance of dark fruit. The acidity also appears ripe and silky, yet is present. The Chinon has good length; the tannins seem quite dry, but are enveloped by the dense, dark fruit.

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Vinous

Score: 88

The 2020 Les Picasses is rich and ripe—almost thick in its texture, as if it came from a much warmer climate than the Loire Valley. Its flavor profile is all prunes, balsamic, licorice and wild, woody herbs, with some sweet, oaky notes derived from 15% new wood. The flavors fade quickly, leaving a dry, tannic structure with taut acidity.
— Rebecca Gibb MW
Drinking window: 2024 – 2029
Review date: Jan 2024

Producer website: https://www.chateaudecoulaine.com/en/