Château Martinho Les Papillons 2012

Located on the heights, between the hilltops of Fonréaud and Fourcas, the Listrac plateau “can be compared to the most beautiful exhibitions of the Médoc” (M. d'Armaihac, quoted by Cocks and Féret, in 16th edition). The soils of the vineyard, mostly sandy-gravelly and naturally drained, thus benefit from generous sunshine.

So many qualities that define a warm and precocious terroir, particularly favorable to the maturation of the grapes, which has long demonstrated its ability to give birth to great wines.

Expanded according to opportunities, the vineyard now covers 2.8 hectares. The extension was carried out on diversified soils, particularly suitable for the development of Cabernet Sauvignon. This new deal has made it possible to modify the initial configuration of the grape varieties, which gave pride of place to Merlot, in the direction of a more “Médoc” definition of wine.

A wine that immediately thrills with its dense and deep color as well as its bouquet. rich and open on slightly kirsch black cherry, blackberry, sweet spices, and toast. A beautiful marriage of fruit and stave found in a remarkably balanced palate, built on silky and very fine tannins, solid without ostentation. A quiet force, which will blossom serenely in the cellar.