Clos Fourtet St Emilion Grand Cru 2022

Colour The colour is garnet with purple highlights. Nose The nose is complex, releasing the aromatic intensity of grapes harvested at optimal ripeness. Palate Ample and elegant on the palate, with a delicious freshness, dense tannins and a creamy feel.

Fermentation of whole grapes. Reception of the harvest in 25 small, temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. Extraction by natural punching of the cap. Vatting for 21 to 28 days. Malolactic fermentation in vats, jars and barrels. The wine was aged for 14 to 18 months in the estate's underground cellar, in French oak barrels (40% new, 58% one wine) and jars (2%).

Following approval from the INAO, this 2022 vintage marks the merger of two historically linked properties belonging to the Cuvelier family, Clos Fourtet and Château Les Grandes Murailles, under the single name of Clos Fourtet. Heir to the "Camp Fortet," which provided military protection for the main entrance to the town during the Hundred Years' War, Clos Fourtet backs onto the emblematic façade of the "Grandes Murailles," the only remaining visible echo of the former Dominican convent. Since acquiring Château Les Grandes Murailles in 2013, the Cuvelier family has been investing heavily in the plots of its two estates, to ensure the implementation of sustainable, precision viticulture, giving rise to wines of seductive balance and finesse.