FRENCH AMBUSH Cabernet Sauvignon
AB CSPC +839583
BC CSPC +61518
Vintage: 2020
Case: 12x750ml
Region: Pays d’Oc IGP, France
Varietals: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 13%
Tasting Notes
Pleasant notes of candied fruit and toasted bread on the nose. On the palate, good structure, power and concentration of the tannins, round and well-balanced, with sweet notes of toasted red pepper, a touch of flower and a finish of cocoa. Beautiful expression of this variety. Fresh, elegant, well-done wine.
Languedoc-Rousillon, France
Winemaking Notes
Traditional winemaking. A very special attention is paid to the health state of the crop, harvested when fully matured.
Complete destalking. Macerating in vats during 5 weeks, under heat monitoring. Fermentation under the effect of selected yeasts. End of fermentation under control of the temperature. When the fermenting process is achieved, free-run and press wines are kept separately and sometimes partly or totally blended, according to the vintage aromatic and gustatory expression. Aging into vats until bottling.
Region Notes
Pays d'Oc IGP wines were previously labeled as Vin de Pays d'Oc (established in 1987), although since 2009, the VDP category has been phased out of French wine laws. It has now been replaced with Indication Géographique Protégée. The area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, and covers all the wines that do not abide by the various AOC appellation rules.
The Pays d'Oc area has a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild winters. Most of the rainfall is compressed into spring and autumn.
Dry, continental winds from the northwest bring cooling influences to the vineyards, as well as reducing disease pressure. This is interspersed with warm winds from the south which can bring much-needed rain.