WEBSTER BARNES SELECTION

Grand Vin de Bordeaux

Médoc

RED

Cabernet Sauvignon

France

2022

90 points James Suckling

Total acidity
5.5 g/L
Ph
3.64
Alcohol
12,5%
Volume

750ml

TASTING NOTES
A slick, polished Bordeaux red, that benefited from a picture-perfect growing season to produce a refined, generously fruited, and immediately accessible Cabernet Sauvignon. Red currant, cherry and licorice notes end with a touch of iron and cedar. The tannins are smooth and open-knit, giving structure yet allowing for the fruit to shine.
FOOD PAIRINGS
Roast game or lamb, grilled Portobellos, aged cow cheeses
DOMAINE

Bordeaux tends to divide itself in two camps – old school and traditional, making wine in the same way as their grandparents, and modern and forward-thinking, quick to embrace technology and introducing a flashier, more immediate style of wine. Our winery partners for Webster Barnes Selection Médoc have a foot in both camps. The goal are wines that speak to the classic Bordeaux character – intense, concentrated fruit, good acidity, and a tannic framework that allows for graceful aging. At the same time, a state-of-the-art cellar allows for perfectly balanced fruit extraction and rigorous selection of fruit – meaning that each glass is a clean, pure taste of what Bordeaux has always been, and its potential for the future.

TERROIR

The gravelly, alluvial soils of Bordeaux’s famous Médoc region are one of the world’s truly great sites for intensely fruity, well-structured Cabernet wines. The Gironde River, located within view of the parcels, provides for much needed cooling breezes during the long, warm growing season. The result is balance in the grapes – of fruit, vital acidity, and firm, dense, chewy tannins.

WINEMAKING
The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes arrive to the winery in waves, as multiple passes are performed in the vineyard to ensure the selection of only perfectly ripe fruit. The grape bunches are destemmed, and then a rigorious selection process ensures the separation of any damaged berries and non-grape material. The wine is fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks in order to guard against the deleterious effects of oxygen ingress. This precision and attention to detail translates to superior freshness and terroir transparency in the finished wine.