2005 | Chteau La Fleur Morange | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Red Wine: 2005 | Chteau La Fleur Morange | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Starting to show well as it approaches its tenth birthday, licorice, earth, black cherry liqueuer and wet earth scents open to a round, soft, smooth, concentrated wine with a rich, fresh, black and red plum finish.

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Producer: Chteau La Fleur Morange

Vintage: 2005

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Starting to show well as it approaches its tenth birthday, licorice, earth, black cherry liqueuer and wet earth scents open to a round, soft, smooth, concentrated wine with a rich, fresh, black and red plum finish.

Producer Information

One of Saint-Emilion’s original “garagiste” wineries of the late 1990s, Chteau La Fleur Morange was promoted to Grand Cru Class status in the 2012 classification of the appellation. The estate was established by carpenter Jean-Franois Julien and wife Vronique. The property covers just over 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres) in Saint-Pey-d’Amens, on unassuming, sandy alluvial land on the plain a few kilometers south of the more prestigious terroir of the Saint-Emilion plateau. Indeed, the commune of Saint-Pey-d’Amens is on the very southeastern edge of the appellation. Despite its location, Julien insists the soil makeup on his plot is an iron-rich clay-limestone combination worthy of greater consideration. Furthermore, La Fleur Morange is not the only estate on the Saint-Emilion plain to garner rave reviews Chteau Teyssier lies only four kilometers (2.4 miles) due west while fellow Grand Cru Class Chteau Quinault l’Enclos also sits on alluvial land 12km (7.4 miles) to the west in the suburbs of Libourne. The first vintage of Chteau La Fleur Morange was in 1999 and, made in a garage, only 900 bottles of the wine were produced. A 93-point score for the 2000 vintage from US critic Robert Parker, however, propelled the enterprise into stardom and the wines boast a cult following and continue to be critically well-received. The vineyard is planted predominantly to Merlot with about a quarter Cabernet Franc. Bunches are hand-harvested and berries are destemmed by hand. Fermention is carried out in conical vats and the wine is gravity-fed to barrel for aging in new French oak barriques. The wines spend typically two years in barrel. As well as the Grand Vin, the estate also produces (alongside cuves Avalone and Marchode) Mathilde: a second wine; normally entirely made from Merlot; and named after the Julien’s daughter. Despite some aging in oak, the wine is released earlier for more immediate drinking. The Julien family also owns Chteau Paloma in Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux.