Domaine Mauro Guicheney Côtes de Duras Rouge 'A l'abri du Monde' 2020

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Domaine Mauro Guicheney Côtes de Duras Rouge 'A l'abri du Monde' 2020Corines labri du Monde Rouge is roughly two thirds Merlot, with the balance comprising Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, plus a tiny splash of Malbec. Vinified and aged in steel with no added sulfur at any point, including at bottling, it offers black, plummy fruit of vividness and clarity on a dry yet supple frame. A sense of balance suffuses the wine, whose elements are interwoven deftly, and it finishes with a gentle swell of tannins but

of course) and aging take place in a massive 90-hectoliter tronconic oak cask

Picking wrapped up on the 28th of October

The wine ferments for at least 3 weeks and then is racked into large oak barrels of French origin for an aging period of no less than two years before it is bottled (unfiltered)

A liveliness and notes of spice carry through the pleasing finish

With bottle age it will develop a savory swagger as its Mourvèdre-driven fruits develop umami

strikingly intense in its minerality

showing greater evolution in its flavors but still offering ample lift and energy

7 grams per liter

offers an intriguing insight into the terroirs expression of this domaine

Aged for 18 months in well-worn 600-liter barrels

and Albillo Criollo—red and white varieties alike—Vidueño is co-fermented with no added yeasts and without de-stemming in the horizontally oriented cement vessels typical of the zone

with soils ranging from gravelly marl to calcareous marl to blue marl

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