“You take cow horns and fill them in autumn with cow manure or with ground silica (quartz) in the springtime. You bury them in the soil during winter, the other during summer and take them out again in the spring or autumn accordingly.
Old Bordeaux wine offers unique, sensory experiences. They deliver complex, unequaled aromatics and textures painted with the patina of age while allowing you to travel back in time..
Due to the use of advanced, satellite photography, an intra-plot analysis of the vineyard is possible, allowing the estate to harvest when the grapes are at full maturity.
From a quality point of view, you’re going to have a hard time finding a better expression of California Cabernet. The wines are refined, powerful, concentrated, elegant, sophisticated, perfectly balanced and offer intense purity.
The wines of Chateau Clinet are rich, supple, sensuous, powerful and in the best vintages, offer floral, chocolate and spicy flavors.
I had become a pretentious wine geek; part of me was embarrassed while another part was proud of being able to speak this elite language of wine. Needless to say, my date had been left in the terroir dust.
