Pierre Cleacutement Menetou-Salon red 2020

 

Bright red wine with a spicy fruity aroma of fresh cherries, herbs and a little caramel. The taste starts spicy and develops a mild tannin; jam-like fragrant in the aftertaste.

 

Menetou salon is now known to many wine lovers as one of the top sauvignons of the Loire. Much less known is the planting of the pinot noir grape. In the neighboring Sancerre area, the pinot noir is often grown on less well-situated plots, resulting in a somewhat thin, sharp red wine. This is not the case with Clément in Menetou. He selected his warmest vineyards, so that this red grape develops a beautiful ripeness. In addition, the vines, which are between thirty and fifty years old, produce concentrated grapes. The second fermentation and maturation takes place in small oak casks. The wine stays for about twelve months in partly new oak barrels, so that only a slight wood influence can be tasted. In the words of Pierre Clément 'un très grand pinot noir'.