GERMINUS
ORIGIN OF STAINED GLASS LABEL :
St Vitus cathedral– Prague
COMMENTARY :
Intense violine persistant colour. Nose impresses notes of small red fruits, strawberries and morello cherry, notes of blood orange, black fruits, spices. Wine balanced around a marked acid screen which brings a superb tension to this wine of altitude. Fine tannins, notes of blue flowers, violet, fluid mouth and imposing at the same time, a juice with a great freshness, notes of liquorice and strawberry on the final. A delicate wine which will be able to wait patiently in your cellar for many years.
«Do you like co-op wines? If so, please keep going otherwise this Malbec is made for you…it ‘pinotes’, it’s juicy and delicate, it will enlight your parties! » Fred
FOOD & WINE PAIRING :
- 30 Day Dry-Aged Ribeye, summer beans & radish.
- Rib of beef grilled with Granny Lucette potatoes…
- Goose cassoulet from Southwest area (France).
- Creole black pudding, with creamy cheese sauce.
- Roasted quill, honey with its small turnips.
- Duck breasts with Espelette pepper, fresh herbs.
- Sage veal tendron, basmati steamed rice.
- Beef Tartare, Black trumpet mushroom, puffed farro, anchovy & egg yolk.
- Lamb Chops, roggianese chili, lima beans, eggplant & mint.
- Valencay, Ossau Iraty, aged Parmesan/24 months+.
TASTING :
Ideal serving temperature : 16/17°C.
Drink for the next 6/7 years to come.
INFORMATION :
40hl/ha
Weeding in the row, mechanic work under the row. Early suckering, stripping.
VINIFICATION & MATURATION :
Organic farming.
100% hand-picked harvest.
Harvest reception by gravity.
Whole bunches 50%, de-stemming 50%.
Short maceration: 10 days.
Pneumatic pressing.
Fermentation 100 % native yeasts.
Aged in 150 liters & 600 liters amphora during 12months.
No fining, no filtration.