2018 Chateau Joanin Becot Castillon Cotes De Bordeaux

2018 Chateau Joanin Becot Castillon Cotes De Bordeaux

2018 Chateau Joanin Becot Castillon Cotes De Bordeaux Chateau Joanin Becot is dark open and quite seductive 2018 wine. Black cherry plum spice and leather all meld together in a very pretty gracious wine. The palate reveals blackberry and plum fruit with silky tannins and a lovely freshness on the finish.

Becot

Juliette Bécot has been taking care of this delightful vineyard since the 2001 vintage. Joanin Bécot’s philosophy is to work in the vineyard as in a garden because planting a plot, as planting a garden, is believing in tomorrow. In the winery, we work and we create as if in a kitchen, with a lot of passion and generosity, letting our emotions and sensibilities take over and following our intuition beyond traditional know-how and expertise.

Red wine

Red wine has been prevalent since prehistory (the period before written records) as winemaking originated and spread throughout the world. In this case, “red blend” refers to any red wine that contains more than one red grape variety in the final product, though certain red blends can have their own designation as varietal wines despite comprising multiple grapes.

For much of the history of European wine, red blends were in fact more common than single varietals, as winemaking was typically region-centric and featured grapes consolidated from vineyards across a given area. One famous example of this practice is the Bordeaux blend, which originated in the 18th or 19th century and usually comprises Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

Though prominent red blends such as Bordeaux still remain popular, many red blends have been associated with lower quality due to the assumption that the term indicates cheaper table wines. However, many high-quality wine producers still elect to produce red blends, and these wines can in fact offer many unique and delicious flavors due to the winery’s ability to custom design the profile of their product.