Château de Basset Bordeaux Supérieur 'Prestige' 2019 Gifts

Château de Basset Bordeaux Supérieur 'Prestige' 2019 GiftsChteau de Basset is located 50km southeast of Bordeaux proper, in the village of Mourens, between AOC Bordeaux and Bordeaux Suprieur. The 17th century farmstead is nestled deep in the countryside, built out of vast blocks of limestone. This is an old fashioned country wine from the region, evenly split between the famous Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes of the region, and will serve any number of heartier main courses well, without crushing the

currently the most senior natural winemaker in his home village of Brouilly (And his grandfather Petrus quite literally founded the appellation)

careful grower Fabrice Pouillon: smoky

and unfined

so you can expect some variances in shape

add it to some seltzer with a splash of grapefruit juice

and not oaky

Measures approx

is named for the location of the winery in the village of Beines

made from vines planted in the 1990s in Mendocino

from right here in the Hudson Valley

fine tannins and a lingering finish of small dark-red berries

The wine has distinct dusty tannins