La Gravette de Certan 750 ml

Made up of 75% Merlot 18% Cabernet Franc and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon the 2016 La Gravette de Certan has a deep garnet-purple color and features lovely redcurrants black raspberries and black cherries notes with a beautiful floral background of lavender and rose hip tea plus suggestions of sandalwood cinnamon stick and menthol. Medium-bodied refreshing elegant and beautifully seamless it offers layers of perfumed red and black fruits with a satiny texture and very impressive length.

The 2016 La Gravette de Certan is flat-out gorgeous. Supple creamy and beautifully textured the 2016 possesses striking density and class to burn. Readers will find all of the sensuality of the Grand Vin in this striking sumptuous second wine. A rush of blue fruits lavender spice menthol and rose petal builds in a silky beautifully perfumed Pomerol. Readers who can find the Gravette should not hesitate as it is sublime. The 2016 is 75% Merlot 18% Cabernet Franc and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon taken from young vines those under 25 years of age. Because young vines struggle a bit more under heat stress the Gravette has a slightly exotic character. It is a fabulous and arrestingly beautiful wine by any measure.