Clos du Marquis 2016 Size::6 Bottle Case Gentle pressings were combined with

Gentle pressings were combined with free run juice and cold settled

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Martinsancho is a single-vineyard that was planted with Verdejo in 1976

sandy loam and slate soils

Planted in 1969

Clos du Marquis 2016 Size::6 Bottle Case Gentle pressings were combined withThe 2016 Clos du Marquis was picked from 30 September to 19 October and consists of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc, matured in 55% new oak. Yields came in at 40 hectoliters per hectare and the alcohol at 13. 55%. The bouquet is very intense at the moment with small black cherries, incense, iris and a touch of shucked oyster shells. The palate is beautiful, perhaps one of the most powerful that I came across in Saint Julien,