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50% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot - aged 10 months in 2-4 year old barriques.

Merlot, Sangiovese, and Cabernet Sauvignon are fermented separately in small steel tanks to preserve their unique characteristics. The wine is then aged for 10 months in a combination of used Ornellaia barriques and concrete tanks to achieve a balance of tannins and fresh fruit expression.

This wine of great character is produced from the grapes from the Tenuta Poggio ai Mandorli vineyards: 90% Sangiovese and a small addition of Merlot and Syrah, aged for over 18 months in oak barrels then refined in the bottle for a further four months. A deeply intense ruby red colour with the slightest of garnet hues, a complex and elegant bouquet with hints of violets and fruits of the forest, a warm and well-rounded flavour with smooth, noble tannins offering a clear, very mellow and persistent finish. Particularly loved as a wine for meditation, ideal with meat, noble game and mature cheeses.

Petaluma Merlot is medium body with a brick red colour, the superbly perfumed bouquet is a tangle of marzipan, spice, plum and confectionery and is the best nose of the early Petalumas. On the palate, flavours of cherry, plum and spice emerge, with very good depth and complexity.

Red fruit aromas in the red cherry and redcurrant spectrum carry through onto the palate.

In every wine region there are hidden gems, and Bordeaux is no exception. Chateau Chantecaille Clauzel is a tiny (0.4ha) patch of vines right on the border between St-Emilion and Pomerol, wedged in by vines owned owned by Chateaux LEvangile and La Dominique. Illustrious near-neighbours include Cheval Blanc, Petrus and Gazin. Chance, a proud family history and local politics account for its survival. If the cards had fallen differently Chantecaille Clauzels fruit would be incorporated in a much more famous and much more expensive wine. Chantecaille Clauzel is essentially Merlot, with a little Cabernet Franc. The wine is vinified in stainless steel and matured in seasoned barriques (just five or six of them) at the Clauzel familys nearby Chateau Guillot Clauzel.