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Belle Roche Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
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- Gold, Guide des Vins Gilbert et Gaillard, 2016
Bordeaux may hold the crown for best Cabernet Sauvignon in France but don’t underestimate the potential of the best Languedoc vineyards and ambitious winemakers Hoddy and Sauboua. This is a dense, luscious red packed with cassis and spice.
Bordeaux may hold the crown for best Cabernet Sauvignon in France but don’t underestimate the potential of the best Languedoc vineyards and ambitious winemakers Hoddy and Sauboua. This is a dense, luscious red packed with cassis and spice.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Rich, deep blackcurrant, spice and toast flavours and a long finish
Aroma
Fragrant cassis, cedar wood and spice
More information
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Red - Medium Bodied
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Deep blackish crimson
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13.5% ABV
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10.13 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2018
Chai winemakers Jean-Marc Sauboua and Mark Hoddy reserve their Belle Roche label for a wine made from the best parcel of grapes of the vintage. In 2014 and again in 2015 this went to a few rows of dazzlingly dark Cabernet, grown in the scrublands of high up Languedoc vineyards. The soils are very poor and there’s a fair blast of wind, so berries are always tiny. No wonder then that this wine is so densely flavoured, its colour almost black – the reason they call it their precious ‘black diamond’ of the vintage. Meticulously crafted at Le Chai, Belle Roche is a bit of a knockout. The team recommends decanting Belle Roche an hour or two before serving, just like Bordeaux. It’s spot on with a juicy steak, rack of lamb and hearty casseroles.
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