Chateau Le Puy Barthelemy 2020 750ml

A wine of more limited production (approximately 15,000 bottles per annum), this cuvée, 85% Merlot plus 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, is sourced from a single vineyard site known as “Les Rocs” on a plateau with a deep limestone bedrock. The wine spends 24 months in 228L barrels (less than 10% new) with no addition of SO₂ at any stage of the élevage. A more dense and mysterious wine than its companion with a deeper robe and more firm structure, we see resemblance here to the finest old wines of its neighbors to the west in the best districts of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.

Located on the most prestigious asteries limestone plateau of the Garonne's right bank, known traditionally as the 'Coteau des Merveilles', the Le Puy vineyard grew around a megalithic circle dating from the Bronze age. The Amoreau family have been growing wine here since 1610, with the utmost respect for this ancient ecosystem. From this deep-rooted engagement come gastronomic wines of intense emotion, charged with a unique energy and the promise of happiness.

-Rosenthal Wine Merchant