2024 Domaine les Carmels 'Les Caprices' Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux, France Carlos Raposo The vine density here is

The vine density here is also extremely high at 3700 vines/ha which forces more competition among the vines which leads to lower yields but higher quality fruit for each vine

it is a hill of ancient sandstone dating from the Miocene laid on a 100 million more recent magmatic zone

Bassetti Vineyard reads way cooler then its is SLO origin

Varieties: all grapes found in across all the Strohmeier vineyards

neutral oak to balance cut and texture

2024 Domaine les Carmels 'Les Caprices' Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux, France Carlos Raposo The vine density here isVariety: Merlot Vine Age: Planted in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2018 Terroir: From multiple plots in the Cadillac, multicolored clay with limestone inputs, soil up to 8 meters deep. Viticulture: Certified organic (Qualisud, 2010), Bordelaise pruning. Vinification: De stemmed, uncrushed, ambient yeast fermentation, short pumpovers to limit the tannin structure, aged for 4 6 months in stainless steel tank, minimal (if any) added SO2 after vinification.