Château Cailleteau Bergeron
L'Essentiel
2024
- Nature
- Organic
- Vegan
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine protégée (AOP)
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux
Varietal(s)
Merlot
95 %
Cabernet Sauvignon
5 %
Alcohol percentage
13%
Colour
Red
Sugar content
0,5 g/l
Producer's website
About this winery
Château Cailleteau Bergeron is a family vineyard since 1933, located in the appellation area of Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux. For nearly 100 years, generation after generation, the Dartier family has been producing wines of quality and pleasure. The estate is in the town of Mazion, in the Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux appellation area, 40 kilometers north of Bordeaux. The area has more than 5,000 feet, on gentle slopes, facing south-southwest. Covering an area of 50 hectares, production is divided into...
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Product notes
Clay-limestone soils and oceanic climate. 2024 is a late, relatively cool and humid vintage. Attention was given to the organically certified vineyard to prevent downy mildew damage on Merlots. After several cool spells, the harvest reached exceptional maturity, resulting in a highly aromatic wine.
Production notes
to use the vineyard indigenous yeasts. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine is cooled to 18°C (malolactic process) then to 15°C (microorganisms’ control). It is aged in stainless steel vats and amphorae. After 7 months of aging, the wine is bottled before the summer heat. The wine is fined with pea proteins, then tightly filtered to ensure perfect stability.
Tasting notes
2024 vintage displays a deep, almost garnet color. The nose is powerful, revealing herbal notes, blackcurrant leaf, dried tea and a fine graphite‑like minerality. The attack is supple thanks to silky tannins, and the wine then develops into a fresh, indulgent finish where red‑fruit aromas mingle with hints of liquorice.
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