La Tour Melas 2020
Tasting Notes
The 2020 La Tour Melas offers nuance, depth, and great persistence. It is a wine of perfect harmony, with deep flavors and elegant layers that are apparent even from a young age.
Intense aromas of cassis and licorice intermingle with savory notes of sage and thyme; the 2020 continues to unfold as notes of dark chocolate, graphite and fresh tobacco mingle with the fresh fruit. Precise and dense, the wine shows supple tannin that play with flavors of black berry, dark chocolate and eucalyptus. The seduction/harmony continues with a perfect balance of fresh acidity followed by bright fruit and creamy at the finish that portends unparalleled aging potential.
Soil
Clay and limestone. Organic and biodynamic farmingBlend
60% Cabernet Franc / 40% MerlotYield
30hl/haWine-making
- Hand cropping, intra-parcellation
- The different micro-lots ferment in open top barrels with wild yeasts
- Malolactic fermentation in barrels
- No finning, no filtration, total sulphites <80mg/l