Haut-Batailley 5e Gd Cru Classé 2014
France - Bordeaux
Country | Spain |
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Region | Méntrida |
Grape | Grenache |
Alcohol | 14% |
Unit | 0.75l |
Juicy red wine packed with flavours of red and black cherry and cassis. Smooth and easy-drinking, a real treat.
Clear with a medium intensity garnet red hue. Aromas of blueberries and cherries on the nose combine with white flowers and earthy notes, Mediterranean scrub, and fresh aromatic herbs. Fresh attack with a good acidity and structure and soft tannins. Chocolate notes. An enjoyable, easy to drink red wine with a medium finish.
Bodegas Canopy is the project of two friends, Alfonso Chacón and Belarmino Fernández. When they started out back in 2004, DO Méntrida was very different, focused on bulk wines and little emphasis on quality. But with its plantings of old Garnacha bush vines from the ´50s and ´60s and its granitic soils, Alfonso and Belarmino recognised the potential. Their single vineyard, low intervention approach is designed to let the natural qualities of the fruit come to the fore, and bigger barrels – up to 2,000 litres – are designed to enhance, rather than smother Garnacha’s true expression and let the minerality shine through.