Château Saint-Hubert
Category
Red
Grapes
60 % merlot, 20 % cabernet franc, 20 % cabernet sauvignon
Appellation
Saint-Emilion grand cru (AOC)
Producer
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Size
750 ml
Available in these provinces
British Columbia, Alberta
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Vinification and maturation Leaf thining, bunch thining, hand picking into small crates and carefully sorted prior to crushing. Wooden small fermenting vats, cold maceration, catch the cap by hand, malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels, ageing 18 – 20 months.
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Features A ripe, slightly heady style, with thick-textured plum, prune, blackberry and bittersweet cocoa aromas and flavors rumbling along. Features lots of singed wood on the finish. More heft than purity.

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Vinification and maturation Leaf thining, bunch thining, hand picking into small crates and carefully sorted prior to crushing. Wooden small fermenting vats, cold maceration, catch the cap by hand, malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels, ageing 18 – 20 months.
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Features A ripe, slightly heady style, with thick-textured plum, prune, blackberry and bittersweet cocoa aromas and flavors rumbling along. Features lots of singed wood on the finish. More heft than purity.