Chateau Haut-Segottes, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2022 CS20230815 with roots back to 1672

with roots back to 1672 when a bishop built the palazzo

The blend leans heavily on old-vine Grenache

which gives it the deepest concentration and most haunting aromatics of the estate's crus

In the glass

Valentin Leflaive of Domaine Leflaive in Puligny Montrachet has decided to take a leap north to the Grand Cru vineyards of Champagne

Chateau Haut-Segottes, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2022 CS20230815 with roots back to 1672Saint milion Grand Cru with an atypical Cabernet Franc dominated blendapproximately 65% in the final wine despite plantings of 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Danielle Meunier's great grandfather purchased the estate around 1860; gold medals as early as 1912 at Paris's Concours Agricole. Fourth generation, 9 hectares across three lieux dits including Fortin (300 meters from Cheval Blanc). Manual harvest, 18 months in barrel (20%