Tannat de Montcade, 2021 Sale Grapes were hand harvested

Grapes were hand harvested

Two week skin contact before being aged in barrels

GermanyGrapes: Bacchus

This has a heightened elegance

Dark cherries and warm balsamic spice lead into a rich mineral intensity with fine smoke

Tannat de Montcade, 2021 Sale Grapes were hand harvestedTannat from 60 year old vines undergoes a couple of different maceration times averaging at 2. 5 weeks. From 60 year old vines which took several passes to full harvest and as the grapes saw various maceration times and approaches: part direct press, part semi carbonic, and part fully carbonic, averaging at 2. 5 weeks of total maceration time. What was directly pressed saw elevage in barrique, while the macerated juice was raised in amphora. A lean