Chateau du Retout - Haut-Medoc 2022 (750ml) Primitivo di Manduria

Chateau du Retout - Haut-Medoc 2022 (750ml) Primitivo di ManduriaThe Mdoc grape varieties and soils give us wines with superb, dense, dark hues, ranging from deep garnet to ruby crimson, taking on brick red shades with orange tints with age. Very intense and expressive aromas with powerful notes of black fruit such as blackcurrants and blackberries. In older wines, the nose develops a spicy bouquet of liquorice, leather and marshmallow mingled with the vanilla scents created by well integrated oak. Harmonious,

The palate is nervy with mouthwatering acidity

a year unusually high in Garnacha and unusually low in Cariñena that suffered a lot from the heat

A delicious wine that has been well handled comprising vibrant fruits with brambles and hedgerows keeping things on the right side of slick

clean texture is the backdrop for lemon-lime

a brilliant wine that stands up with the top wines in Pauillac

and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in 60% new French oak

limes and baked apples

south-facing and warmer temperatures

saline finish

or aged cheeses

the Catenas are recognized for their pioneering role in high-altitude viticulture and in leading Argentina’s Malbec revolution

combinations of those terms and more