Clos 56, Pomerol

Bordeaux | France

Inky black in colour, it offers intense, ripe fruit with generous oak, bramble and fine tannins from old vine Merlot.

About the Producer

A 0.56 hectare vineyard of high viticultural quality and exceptional terroir with 60 year old Merlot vines. Single guyot pruning,de-budding, green harvesting, only natural vine treatments. The grapes are hand-harvested and sorted yielding between 30-35 hl per hectare. 50% of the wine is fermented in tank with “pigeage” and 3-4 weeks post-fermentation maceration, the other 50% is fermented in barriques with a maceration of 5-6 weeks after which the wine is aged in new oak for 12-15 months.

Food Pairing

Rich beef and lamb dishes.