Bernadotte

BernadotteManaged by the Pichon Lalande team nowadays. Powerfully fruity wine more fruity than most of this type. Racy, elegant and flirtatious. Lovely texture and more approachable than most. If Potensac is masculine stereotype, this is certainly stereotypically feminine.

dusty cherry skin and red plum skin

94 ha parcel of 25+ year old vines

The 2001 vintage was of course very successful in the southern Rhône and this was luscious and spicy but the tannins were completely resolved and the fruity impact was in retreat

6% Cabernet Franc (from South Africa)

Amour was created by Deutz’s long-standing managing director

succulent profile

which is about 30% of the total climat)

bright acidity and serious length

with fresh-cut chive

Beautifully ripe and intense

warm plums

Otherwise there is both lovely freshness and verve to the much larger-scaled flavors that are at once rich and tautly muscular