2015 CHÂTEAU ROUGET 2015 Chateau Rouget Pomerol Values - Chateau Rouget 85% - 15% Wine Advocate - 92+ Points Stemming from Beaujolais region, the Labruyère Appellation: Pomerol Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Family has been committed for several Owner: The Labruyère Family Chateau Rouget leaps from the glass with generations to render the most accurate Vineyard size: 8 hectares preserved plums, spice cake and cassis notes Consultant: expression of terroirs they were in charge of. plus touches of underbrush, game and smoked Average vine age: 40 years meats and a waft of Provence herbs. Full-bodied, Their respect for the latter comes from the Soil Management: powerful and densely packed with taut, muscular Vineyards are farmed sustainably, using practices extreme care they apply from vineyards to cellar. fruit, it’s something of a bruiser and yet with an such as cover crops and ploughing. Vines are sustainably farmed using respectful alluring contrast of a plush, velvety backbone and practices such as gentle soil cultivation and by seamless freshness, finishing long and earthy. Harvest: leaving grass between rows (cover crops) – to Grapes are manually picked and carefully increase nutrients and provide organic matter. transported in small 20 kg crates. Harvest occurs in several steps, in order to secure an optimal maturity level. Grapes are manually harvested, plot by plot, in Bunches are sorted a order to preserve berries integrity and to ensure first time as soon as optimal ripeness level. Almost all winemaking they arrive in the cellar. processes take place in truncated oak vats only Then, once the grapes using indigenous yeasts. are fully destemmed, CHÂTEAU ROUGET they go through another double Chateau Rouget is now recognized as a Vinous – (90-93) Points sorting table. benchmark on the Right Bank thanks to the The 2015 Rouget is outstanding. commitment of a Family which values hard Plump, juicy and forward, the 2015 possesses Winemaking: work and refuses compromises in order to reach terrific depth to match its flamboyant Grapes are vinified the highest quality standards of prestigious batch by batch, in personality. Black cherry, plum, mocha, wines. oak or stainless steel dark spice and licorice abound in this forward vats, then aged for Pomerol. The style is unquestionably ripe and 18 months in oak modern, but very nicely judged. The constant concern for quality has barrels (33% new). Consulting winemaker Michel Rolland presided over the birth, in 1992, of another has done a fine job here. wine, today called le Carillon de Rouget. The wine is fined -- Antonio Galloni Made from younger vines on dedicated plots, traditionally, using le Carillon de Rouget is ready for drinking fresh egg white. This Decanter – 90 Points earlier than Chateau Rouget. Its round and vintage was bottled on Rich, ripe and modern. Firm extraction a fruit day according charming structure during its youth gives time gives plenty of weight and depth. to the lunar calendar, to the Grand Vin to develop its complexity Plentiful tannins, and the oak is a to allow the wine to and fineness. touch intrusive on the finish. express itself fully.