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Chateau Villemaurine St Emilion Grand Cru Classe 2016

£65.00
£65.00
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  • Bottle of Château Villemaurine wine on a white background
  • Bottle of Château Villemaurine wine on a white background
Chateau Villemaurine St Emilion Grand Cru Classe 2016

Chateau Villemaurine St Emilion Grand Cru Classe 2016

Wine at a glance:

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Red
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Bordeaux
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Merlot and Cabernet Franc
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Medium to Full Bodied
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14.0
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Oak flavour noticable

Proof that when the Moors, 18th-century visionaries, and elite French winemakers spend 1,300 years arguing over a plot of land, the real winner is your wine glass.

£65.00
£65.00
Who makes it?

The story of Château Villemaurine St Emilion Grand Cru Classé kicks off in the 7th century when the Moors set up camp and left their name behind. Fast forward through an 8th-century monk named Emilion moving into the neighborhood, a 17th-century port clerk taking the reins, and a pre-Revolutionary owner who wisely decided to plant grapes because nothing else would grow in the stubborn soil. By 1874, Bordeaux’s wine bible officially declared it a "First Growth." After playing musical chairs with various prestigious owners—including the Onclin family who polished this hidden gem into a modern jewel, and the Lefevere family who couldn't resist its charms—this historic estate remains perched majestically on the limestone plateau, proving that some things truly do get better with a millennium or two of practice.
How is it made?

Crafting a legendary Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé requires a mix of obsessive garden-tending and pure geological luck. Nestled right in the heart of the famed Asteria limestone plateau, the vineyard’s 7-hectare single block gets the absolute best of both worlds: a sandy-silty western slope and a clay-rich eastern edge, giving it a fancy soil gradient that neighbors elite estates like Clos Fourtet and Pavie Macquin. The Château Villemaurine 2016 vintage is a classic right-bank blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, harvested from vines averaging a mature 35 years old. Hand-picked with dramatic care into small crates and pampered via gravity-flow transfers into double-walled stainless steel vats, the wine was then aged in a luxurious regime of 80% new French oak barrels. No herbicides, plenty of winter cover crops, and a total refusal to cut corners means these roots drink perfectly, whether it’s a drought or a downpour.
What does it taste like?

Pour a glass of the Château Villemaurine 2016 and prepare for a sensory mic-drop. Under the guidance of consultant oenologist Hubert de Boüard, this vintage sports a deep, broodingly concentrated color that hints at the liquid luxury inside. The nose bursts with extraordinarily suave, plush fruit, beautifully balanced by a streak of vibrant freshness that keeps the whole experience lively. On the palate, it’s all about precision and finesse; the tannins are spectacularly round and velvety, leading into an impossibly long, lingering finish. It’s a textbook expression of premium clay-limestone terroir—deeply sophisticated, wildly delicious, and far too good to share with anyone who doesn't appreciate top-tier Bordeaux wine.
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