Château de Poncié - Fleurie - Les Granits Roses - Rouge - 2018

Wine:

Delivering beautiful raspberry accents, the 2018 Red Fleurie Les Granits Roses is a deep and beautifully ripe Gamay wine. There's plenty of freshness here, flowing through a satiny-textured palate, with some peppery accents, a touch of licorice and nice relief. A very pleasant wine, in a classic style, to enjoy with a pot au feu or a boeuf bourguignon. Rated 92/100 by the Committee.

Vinification:

Hand harvested, 15% of the harvest is aged in barrels (no new barrels), the rest in concrete tanks.

Color:

Dark red slightly vermilion.

Nose:

Beautiful perfumes of raspberry, of beautiful maturity.

Palate:

Fresh and satiny, this wine with peppery and liquorice accents offers us a palate of beautiful relief, very classic, dense and harmonious.

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Chicken liver salad, grilled meat, beef bourguignon, pot au feu.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2028.

Château de Poncié is one of the oldest estates of the region, surrounded by magnificent granite hillsides. Its thousand-year-old history is rivaled only by this preserved ecosystem, which is now organically cultivated. The estate has been awarded a star in the RVF guide and is now one of the top addresses in the region.

Vinified without sulphites, the wines bring Gamay to its peak, offering generous and full-bodied wines with great aging capacity.