The Tale of the Floris Black Cartagena LBV

Domaine Le Conte des Floris 

Cartagène noire LBV 2014

France - Languedoc

Cartagène, cartagena in Occitan, is a traditional and typical Languedoc liqueur wine (mistelle). It is obtained from must of fresh grapes and wine brandy.

Vinification:
Cold settling, direct entonnage, mutage with alcohol aged in barrels for 2 years, aging for 2 years in barrels not topped up.

Grape varieties:
Grenache noir, a touch of mourvèdre

Tasting Notes:
The color is intense, slightly marked on the edge of the disc by tiled reflections. The nose evokes the cherry, then evolves towards notes of almonds and nuts and all the aromatic palette characteristic of rancios. This oxidative side does not appear at all at the attack on the palate where the fresh fruit surprises very pleasantly: a lot of greed and the well integrated sugar brings a welcome smoothness. There remains a very nice impression of very ripe black fruits (cherry, blackcurrant) which make you think of a vintage port.

Wine style:
Mistelle rouge (sweet)

Food and wine :
Foie gras in black cartagene jelly, red fruit chutney on anise brioche. Steak of deer in cocoa nibs, pan-fried morels.

Aging potential in your cellar:
10 years

Analytic :
50 cl - 16% volume

Contains sulfites
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