Château Patache d’Aux
AOP Médoc
Cru Bourgeois
2019
AOP Médoc
Cru Bourgeois
2019
Château Patache d'Aux is a mythic Cru Bourgeois of the Northern Médoc for 300 years. A dry and sunny 2019 vintage giving a dense and structured wine but also long, with great freshness, characteristic of Cabernets on clay-limestone. 2019 is certainly the vintage that most expresses the purity of the Northern Médoc terroir of Château Patache d'Aux.
Soil
Clay-limestone soil, alluvial gravels.
Grape variety
50% Cabernet-Sauvignon
47% Merlot
3% Petit Verdot
47% Merlot
3% Petit Verdot
Vinification
Vinified in temperature-controlled
uncoated concrete vats. Gentle
extraction (mostly sulfur free
punching downs) and short vatting
period of less than 4 weeks in
average in order to moderate the
extraction important tannic
potential.
Aging
80% of the wine aged in barrels of
225 and 400L during 12 months. 1/3
in new barrels, 1/3 in one-wine
barrels and 1/3 in two-wine barrels.
20% of total volume aged in
uncoated concrete tanks.
TASTE CHARACTERISTICS
Light
Powerful
Dry
Sweet
Sweet
Acidic
FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGS
Fillet of beef with pan-fried foie gras and parmesan potatoes
Chocolate and tonka bean entremet with strawberry sorbet.
Brie de Meaux with black truffle.
TASTING NOTE
Wood
Spices
Berry
Undergrowth
Toasted
