Château Rioublanc Bordeaux, AOC, red, organic wine, from € 8.80

Château Rioublanc, Bordeaux AOC, organic wine, red, 2018, from € 8.80

You should actually have to spend more for a good Bordeaux wine. But this Château Rioublanc Bordeaux offers astonishingly good quality at an affordable price. It is now ready to drink and you no longer need to store it, but you don't have to hurry to finish it either.

Organic wine - profile

• Color: Deep garnet.
• Nose:intense, fruity (black currant, blackberry), violets, spices (vanilla, pepper) and dark chocolate.
• Mouth: round and harmonious, with freshness and elegant tannins. It is very nicely balanced and accessible, has a good complexity, fruit and lengthy finish with a touch of roasted oak.
• Drinking recommendation: please temper this Bordeaux to 16 ° C, decant it or let it come into contact with air in a large-bellied glass for a little longer so that it releases its aromas and becomes more open overall. Enjoy in matching dishes, just like you do in Bordeaux.

Organic wine - processing, Château Rioublanc, Bordeaux, red

The quality of a wine originates primarily in the vineyard - and is achieved by professional processing of the soil and the vines taking into account the climate and the weather. To this end, a well-trained team of permanent staff is available at Château Rioublanc.

The grapes are harvested mechanically with subsequent sorting by hand and an automatic sorting system of the type Mistral, which works with the help of air. The yield of 52 hectoliters per hectare produces approx. 180,000 liters of red bio-Bordeaux.

After the harvest, the grapes are freed from the panicles, and after 24 hours the juice, which is extracted independently, is added to the fermented berries. The so-called cold maceration at 13°  C.. The fermentation is done with the grapes own yeast. This process lasts 5 days and facilitates later pressing. During this time a regular pumping of the mash increases the density of the wine.Afterwards the fermentation continues for another 10 days, then the liquid is separated by gentle pressing from the berries and kernels. After the end of the malolactic fermentation, the wine ripens for a year in tanks (2/3) and 1/3 in French oak barrels.
Before filling this organic Bordeaux in bottles in September of the following year, it is only lightly filtered.

The wine at a glance:

• Wine type: red wine, dry
• Region of production: Bordeaux
• Producer and bottler: Château Rioublanc
• Grape varieties: Merlot 70 %, Cabernet Sauvignon 20 %, Cabernet Franc 6 %, Malbec 4 %.
• Maturing: 2/3 in stainless steel vats, 1/3 in Barriques
• Quantity: 0.75 l
• Vintage: 2018
• Shelf life: 2024
• Alcohol content: 12.7 % Vol.
• Vegan
• Allergenes: contains sulphites
• certified organic wine FR BIO 001
• We source this wines directly from Château Rioublanc, 33910 St Ciers d' Abazac, France

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