CHÂTEAU CHARMAIL
2021 Cru Bourgeois Supérieur Haut Médoc
| Grapes | Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Classification | Cru Bourgeois Supérieur |
Enticing aromatics, clean and fruity, a wash of spicy cloves against bright juicy fruits of blueberrry and raspberry. This is attractive and easy to recommend, has persistency also. Biodynamic. No frost at this location in St Seurin de Cadourne, next to Sociando Mallet. Valerie Liquard owner. Hubert de Bouard wine consultant (Liquard has just bought the majority shares in de Bouard's Fleur de Bouard in Pomerol). Drinking range: 2026 - 2038 Rating: 90 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2022)
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Château Charmail
The name Charmail comes from its 16th century origins, when the Trevey de Charmail family settled in the Medoc. It's a property on classic Médoc gravel and clay, of about 27.5 hectares, sitting high up and overlooking the Gironde.
Olivier Sèze bought Charmail in 1982. A leader in many ways, both in viticulture and in winemaking, he developed a process of pre-fermentation cold maceration, still used here now, which produces deeper coloured, fatter wines with soft tannins and this, along with the relatively high proportion of Merlot for the Haut-Médoc (50%), gives wines that are ready to drink within 4 to 6 years of the vintage. It also seems to make Charmail a fairly good bet in lesser vintages. The grapes are all hand-harvested and the wine is aged in barrel for 12 months.
In 2008 Bernard d’Halluin bought Charmail, and it was agreed that Olivier should continue to work there and be part of the new team, in charge of the winemaking. Bernard's daughter Marie has taken charge of the presentation and marketing.
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