Chateau Saint-Ahon 2012

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    Chateau Saint-Ahon  2012 Front Label
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    Vintage
    2012

    Size
    750ML

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    Beautiful cherry red color. Fruity nose of stone fruit with hints of chocolate and toasted. Supple attack, aromatic mouth on black fruits supported by a pretty cool. Beautiful generous terms.
    Chateau Saint-Ahon

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    Chateau Saint-Ahon, France
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    Chateau Saint Ahon was owned by Charles de Montesquieu in the 18th century. It is now listed as a "Remarkable Monument". Chateau Saint Ahon was destroyed during the French Revolution. It was reconstructed in the course of Napoleon’s Empire and restored in 1875 by the architect Alphonse Blaquière who gave it its current Louis XIII’s style.

    Nicolas and Françoise de Courcel have resolutely turned the production to modern skills and practices such as individual plot management, plot drainage, certified integrated farming, soil tillage, green harvesting, increased trellis height, such as destemmer with linear roller sorting table, as well as thermoregulation, cellar conditioning, a careful selection of barrels, re-designed labels … All these initiatives are designed and implemented with the whole team at Saint Ahon and the support and advice of well experienced and recognized professionals.

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    One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.

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    One of the most—if not the most—famous red wine regions of the world, the Medoc reaches from the city of Bordeaux northwest along the left bank of the Gironde River almost all the way to the Atlantic. Its vineyards climb along a band of flatlands, sandwiched between the coastal river marshes and the pine forests in the west. The entire region can only claim to be three to eight miles wide (at its widest), but it is about 50 miles long.

    While the Medoc encompasses the Haut Medoc, and thus most of the classed-growth villages (Margaux, Moulis, Listrac, St-Julien, Pauillac and St. Estephe) it is really only those wines produced in the Bas-Medoc that use the Medoc appellation name. The ones farther down the river, and on marginally higher ground, are eligible to claim the Haut Medoc appellation, or their village or cru status.

    While the region can’t boast a particularly dramatic landscape, impressive chateaux disperse themselves among the magically well-drained gravel soils that define the area. This optimal soil draining capacity is completely necessary and ideal in the Medoc's damp, maritime climate. These gravels also serve well to store heat in cooler years.

    WWH140398_2012 Item# 152945

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