L'Hetre, Rouge, Côtes de Bordeaux
L'Hêtre

L'Hetre, Rouge, Côtes de Bordeaux


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2016
6x75cl
DP
£133.22

2017
6x75cl
DP
£157.22

2018
75cl
DP
£25.20

2018
6x75cl
DP
£151.22


L'Hetre, Rouge, Côtes de Bordeaux, 2016

2016

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

L'Hetre, Rouge, Côtes de Bordeaux, 2016

L'Hêtre 2016 is a blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc aged for 15 months in oak barrels. The nose is packed with intense aromas of Griotte, hedgerow fruit, spiced plums and cinnamon. There’s plenty of fleshy fruit on the palate, sweet loganberries, ripe cherries and ferrous rocks lead to a pure, refined, silky finish of crème de mûre, minerals and spices. This little sapling has plenty of potential.

ABV:
14.5%
87/100
Neal Martin, Vinous

The 2016 L’Hêtre is the debut 12-hectare Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux from Fiona Morrison and Jacques Thienpont of Le Pin, continuing the titular tree theme (the name means “beech tree”). The vineyard was certified organic when the Thienponts acquired it. It has a delightful, well-defined red cherry and raspberry bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied with dusky red fruit and quite sharp in terms of acidity, although that translates as freshness on the chewy finish. The saline aftertaste is welcome, although there is also a nagging bitterness. A good debut, but I’m sure there is better to come.
Date Reviewed:
01/2019

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country:
France

region:
Bordeaux

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L'Hêtre

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L'Hêtre

L'Hêtre

When Jacques Thienpont visited this estate in the Côtes de Castillon during the harvest of 2015, he was immediately struck by the great location and the stunning view, perched at the end of the limestone plateau that runs eastwards from Saint Emilion. A Belgian couple, Stéphane and Béatrice Goubau, had owned the château for a decade and named it after their family: “Château Goubau”. During this time they converted the estate to organic farming. It comprises 10 hectares of vineyards surrounded by woods and pastures; a varied and rich biotope, situated at a height of 100 m on the Saint Philippe d’Aiguilhe plateau,¬ the highest point of the Bordeaux region.

Jacques appointed Maxime Thienpont as manager and renamed the property L’Hêtre (The Beech), thus continuing the arboreal theme that Jacques has used for all his estates.

The vineyards enjoy good southeasterly exposure, a continuous gentle breeze and are divided between the limestone plateau and a mixture of clay, limestone and chalk soil slopes. The wines are fermented in concrete and oak vats and aged in a mixture of one-third new oak, one-third one year and one-third second year barrels. Although the Thienponts aged the 2015 vintage, the 2016 vintage was the first made entirely by the new owners and is therefore the first to carry the new name: L’Hêtre.

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