Matured in oak barrel
Bottle “In monte revelationem” 75 cl, 150 cl
Regional grape variety Merlot 40 % Cabernet
60 %
Soil clay limestone
The Cuvée ULYSSE VALLETTE is the result of a detailed
selection of our best grapes, significant of a rich historical
soil. The next step for the « winers » concist on a 15 days
vatting, in oppositon with thre traditional wine with only 8
days.
After malolactic fermentation, the wine is put in oak barrels
for a stay between 9 and 12 months. The proportion of new
barrel is 1/3, changed every year. The bottling is done when
the tannins are supple enought. We appreciate the evolution of
the phenolic composants by regular tastings, wich determinate
precisely the bottling.
TESTING
COMMENTS
- Robe
intense and dense black cherry.
- Nose very complex, vanilla, nutmeg, mint notes. Second
nose, get spices and cooked plums.
- In mouth, the wine is supple, very round with vanilla
and prune notes. The end is robust, with well present
tanins. Good aromatic percistence.
- This Cuvée blend in an elegance way the fruit aromas
from the grape and the vanilla notes from the barrel. I
twill please you with dishes cooked in sauce, and cheeses.
At reception in the winery, the harvest is de-stemmed and
cleaned, then put in vat during 8 days. That is when the
fermentation happens.
At the end of the week, we run off (separation of the juice of
the harvest). It is the blend between the free run juice and
the pressed juice that brings all its originality.
After the malolactic fermentation, the wine are racked in
average every 3 months. The racking brings oxygen to the wine
and clarify it. During all the vinification and the maturing
stages, our wines are followed by an oenologist, that does
analyses and give us advises.
TESTING
COMMENTS
- Intense red colour with purple reflection.
- A well complex nose, with fresh ripe fruits aromas (raspberry,
currant and blackcurrant). Shaking it, it brings up spices
and pepper.
- In mouth, it is smooth, elegant with supple tannins,
nice velvety red berries aromas.
- A fine and subtle wine that will match summery
barbeucues.
- To be drunk between 2 and 5 years to enjoy its fruity
side at the most.
The Bergerac Rosé is made by « bleeding » our best vats of
Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, after 24 hours. It is like red
wine making. The bleeding concist on getting out some juice of
the tank.
This year, 2005, the juice was so concentrated already from
the lovely sun we had during the summer that we kept whole vat
only for rosé. It is an exceptional year… !
This juice ferments then seperatly. It is kept at low
temperature to leave as much time as it is needed for the
juice to express its primary aromatic aromas. It is now a
white style vinification.
TESTING COMMENTS
- This wine has a lovely bright raspberry rob, with a perfect
limpidity
- The nose is very fruity, and brings out strawberry,
raspberry aromas.
- The mouth is fresh and sweetish. You find the nose aromas
with notes of flower
- UnA very nice wine, easy to drink and refreshing, long in
mouth, with a good balance between fuit and acidity, that will
go along perfectly with barbecues and tapas
