Mathias and Stefanie have recently purchased a lot in our project of Private Vineyard Estates in Valle de Uco.  They are wine passionate and are determined to be part of this exciting experience of making your own wine!

They were able to join me for a wine tour at Pomerol and Fronsac. We started the day at Chateau Le Gay, Marcelo Pelleriti, guided us through a fabulous tasting of all 2009 oak casks and barrels. It was amazing to enjoy the different character Merlot can get according to the soil it came form. Finally, we ended the tour tasting with Chateau Le Gay 2008 and Chateau La Violette 2008, both wines 98 pts parker!

Afterwards, we went to Chateau Le Bon Pasteur, Michel Rolland’s Chateau at Pomerol, where Thierry, agronomist and oenologist was waiting for us. We started the tasting with barrel tasting of Bordeaux white varieties. It was great since I have been in Bordeaux this the first time I taste whites of the region. They have a very small production of whites and it is all micro-vinified. We tasted Sauvignon Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadet blended with Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. All these wine will be finally blended so as to obtain a classic Bordeaux white wine. Tasting didn’t finished there, we continue tasting the best barrels 2009 and 2008 of Merlot and Cabernet Franc… if it would have been for Thierry, we could have stayed there tasting wine ceaselessly, but it was time to go to St. Emilion for lunch. Luckily, Marcelo and Thierry joined us for lunch so we were able to continue talking and learning about wine throughout the whole meal.

We finished the wine tour at chateau Fontenil, another of Michel Rolland’s Chateau in Fronsac. Moving to another terroir made even more evident this huge character that the soil and climate gives to wine, and how winemakers have to learn to interpret it so as to get the best of it.

I lost track of how many wines we tasted.. I just can say that it was great tasting these amazing wines with passionate people as Mathias and Stefanie… and of course with such knowledgeable winemakers as Marcelo Pelleriti and Thierry  Haeberer.

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