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Fleur Elysée - Corbières Boutenac red blend 2015

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Description

40% Carignan, 30% Syrah, 30% Grenache.  Powerful and elegant wine with all the grandeur of a Cru Boutenac.  The Pech Ténarel is a slope in Boutenac covered with yellow sands and influenced by wind.  A terroir with qualitative potential, classified as a Cru Boutenac.  

Manually sorted, fermented in 300l French oak with manual plunging for 20 days.  Ages 12 months in 300l barrels. Fleur Elysée is the icon cuvée born from a selection from the soil of 'Pech Ténarel' in Boutenac.  It was named in honour of the Fleur de Lys, emblem of the Kings of France.

 

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Jean-Noël Bousquet - Corbières

Located in Ampuis in the northern Rhône, Guigal are one of the region’s top producers. They boast a wide range of wines, from the generic and dependable Côtes-du-Rhône to the dazzling Côte-Rôtie, with many smart expressions in between.


 

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Syrah

Both Syrah or Shiraz is the name given to this grape varietal depending on where you are in the world. In France, particularly in the Rhone Valley, it goes by the name of Syrah and it makes the floral reds of Hermitage, Cornas, St Joseph and Cote Rôtie. Whereas in Australia, particularly in the Barossa Valley, it is Shiraz and it produces bolder, spicier and oaky red wines. It is planted across the world in the warmest of regions and it is usually dependant on how the winemaker produces as to what it's name will be either in the prettier female style or the bulkier masculine style.

 

 

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Côtes du Rhône

The Rhone Valley is where you will find some of the most well-known names in France's legacy.