MÉDOC

Cabernet Sauvignon

Grand Vin de Bordeaux

Red
France
2022
12,5% alc.
750ml
90 pts Suckling

Tasting notes

A silky, polished Bordeaux red, that benefited from a picture-perfect growing season to produce a refined, generously fruited, and immediately accessible Cabernet Sauvignon. Red currant, cherry and licorice notes end with a touch of iron and cedar. The tannins are smooth and open-knit, giving structure yet allowing for the fruit to shine.

Food Pairing

Roast game or lamb, grilled Portobellos, aged cow cheeses.

DOMAINE

Bordeaux tends to divide itself in two camps – old school and traditional, making wine in the same way as their grandparents, and modern and forward-thinking, quick to embrace technology and introducing a flashier, more immediate style of wine. Our winery partners for Webster Barnes Selection Médoc have a foot in both camps. The goal are wines that speak to the classic Bordeaux character – intense, concentrated fruit, good acidity, and a tanninc framework that allows for graceful aging. At the same time, a state-of-the-art cellar allows for perfectly balanced fruit extraction and rigorous selection of fruit – meaning that each glass is a clean, pure taste of what Bordeaux has always been, and its potential for the future.

Terroir

The gravelly, alluvial soils of Bordeaux’s famous Médoc region are one of the world’s truly great sites for intensely fruity, well-structured Cabernet wines. The Gironde River, located within view of the parcels, provides for much needed cooling breezes during the long, warm growing season. The result is balance in the grapes – of fruit, vital acidity, and firm, dense, chewy tannins.

Winemaking

The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes arrive to the winery in waves, as multiple passes are performed in the vineyard to ensure the selection of only perfectly ripe fruit. The grape bunches are destemmed, and then a rigorious selection process ensures the separation of any damaged berries and non-grape material. The wines are fermented in stainless steel, and the wine sees French oak during the aging process to add complexity and round out the texture of the finished wine.