Chevalier du Château Lagrézette 2016: a beautiful elegance!

The Chevalier du Château Lagrézette comes from the Caillac vineyard, located on the third terraces of the Lot with a predominantly gravel-clay soil. With warm summers and an Indian summer, the Terroir of Caillac presents the ideal conditions for a perfect ripening of the king grape variety, the Malbec. It allows to keep a nice freshness to the wines.

For the 2016 vintage, weather conditions were marked by two distinct and opposite periods:
– The first period, with a very cool spring, a low average temperature and numerous rains that led to a late start in vegetation.
– The second period, with a sunny and warm summer but cool nights, allowed a slow maturation of the grapes while preserving their aromatic potential and their acidity.

For 2016, production was very low but it remains one of the best vintages ever produced since 2011. The 2016 Château Lagrézette Chevalier is the result of a blend of 77% Malbec and 23% Merlot. The vines are about 25 years old. After a manual harvest the grapes are sorted, the cold maceration lasts 4 to 7 days, two daily punchings are made to extract the color, the fat and the fruit. The alcoholic fermentation starts with the punching of the cap. A final maceration completes the vinification process before being put into barrels. The wine is then aged for a minimum of 12 months in oak barrels (10% new wood, 50% one-wine barrels and 40% two-wine barrels) The 2016 Château Lagrézette Chevalier reveals a dark red color.

The powerful nose reveals floral notes (violet) as well as aromas of very ripe red fruits like cherry, fig and blackberry. In the mouth, the wine has a supple attack, on the fruit, with a great structure and a beautiful elegance. This wine is characterized by its balance with an ample, powerful but velvety mouth and with a very beautiful length.

The 2016 Château Lagrézette Chevalier is on sale for an average price of €17.
Chevalier du Château Lagrézette 2016 is on sale in Lagrézette boutiques and at Carrefour.