Chateau Pradeaux Bandol Rouge 'Le Lys' 2022

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Chateau Pradeaux Bandol Rouge 'Le Lys' 2022The Portalis family reserves their oldest vines for their flagship Bandol Rouge, and employs their younger plantings of Mourvdre, complemented by splashes of Grenache and Cinsault, in the Le Lys. Comprising 85% Mourvdre, plus roughly 10% Grenache and 5% Cinsault, Le Lys is de stemmed around 50%, in contrast to the old vines cuve which is always fermented entirely whole cluster. Etienne employs de stemming here not to craft an easy and forward wine,

Rosso de Veo (“Veo” is the way the family’s name is pronounced in the old Umbrian dialect) is pure Sagrantino sourced from younger vines around the property and from parcels that don’t quite make Giampiero’s rigorous cut for Pagliaro

Champerrier

The Ferrando family controls 2

Chezeaux owns a 0

Sémillon is the exclusive grape in this cuvée

and the whole berries are sealed in clay jars and fermented on their skins for two months

Two rackings are done early in the fermentation process to remove the heavy deposits and a third is done after three weeks

000 half bottles are produced

A testament to Montepulciano’s youthfully charming side

and candied almonds

and its limestone-rich

its elementally dense and seismic palate

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