Description

Red Wine: 2008 | Chteau La Violette | Pomerol (Magnum)

The distinctive violet nose is quite pronounced, as are the truffle, black and red plum, earth, spice, smoke, and espresso aromatics.

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Producer: Chteau La Violette

Vintage: 2008

Size: 1.5L

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Pomerol

The distinctive violet nose is quite pronounced, as are the truffle, black and red plum, earth, spice, smoke, and espresso aromatics. Full-bodied, rich, deep, concentrated, and plummy, there is length, freshness, and purity to the fruits and some tannins remaining that need to be resolved.

Producer Information

Chteau La Violette is a highly regarded wine produced from two small vineyard sites in the coveted Pomerol appellation in northeast Bordeaux, on the so-called Right Bank of the Dordogne river, just north of Liborne. The estate makes a limited-production wine entirely from Merlot, although earlier vintages may contain a small portion of Cabernet Franc long since replanted. La Violette is one of several estates owned by Vignobles Pr-Verg, a wine portfolio formerly overseen by high-profile Bordeaux doyenne, the late Catherine Pr-Verg. The Pr-Verg portfolio includes the other Pomerol sites Chteau le Gay and Chteau Montviel. These are now run by Pr-Verg’s son, Henri Parent Chteau La Violette’s wine is made from two vineyard sites spanning a total of 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres), bought by Pr-Verg in 2006. The vineyard is further divided into four plots of vines, some planted in the 1950s, and farmed by the same workers as Montviel and Le Gay. The original Cabernet Franc plantings were replaced entirely with Merlot, which suits the high clay content of the soil. Violette practices debudding, green harvesting, and makes two or three passes during harvest based on the vine age and individual plots. The grapes are harvested and destemmed by hand before fermenting and aging in entirely new French oak for 12 to 18 months. La Violette makes fewer than 400 cases a year of its single wine.