2007 | Chateau Gracia | Saint-Emilion Cheap

2007 | Chateau Gracia | Saint-Emilion

Red Wine: 2007 | Chateau Gracia | Saint-Emilion

Michel Gracia, a full-time sculptor, hits all the sweet spots on the palate with this brilliant effort made from microscopic yields of 18 hectoliters per hectare. The final blend was 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon (only 400 cases produced). 

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Producer: Chateau Gracia

Ratings: WA | 92

Vintage: 2007

Size: 750ml

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend, Cabernet Franc, Merlot

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Detailed Description

Michel Gracia, a full-time sculptor, hits all the sweet spots on the palate with this brilliant effort made from microscopic yields of 18 hectoliters per hectare. The final blend was 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon (only 400 cases produced). This wine comes as close to the style of the famed Alain Vauthier’s Ausone as one will find in the appellation. Full-bodied with beautiful sweet blackberry and black currant fruit intermixed with forest floor, spring flowers, and graphite, it is a dense, rich, full-bodied effort without a hard edge to be found.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Michel Gracia, a full-time sculptor, hits all the sweet spots on the palate with this brilliant effort made from microscopic yields of 18 hectoliters per hectare. The final blend was 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon (only 400 cases produced). This wine comes as close to the style of the famed Alain Vauthier’s Ausone as one will find in the appellation. Full-bodied with beautiful sweet blackberry and black currant fruit intermixed with forest floor, spring flowers, and graphite, it is a dense, rich, full-bodied effort without a hard edge to be found. Its nobility, refinement, and sweet tannins argue for immediate drinking, but I suspect many more nuances will emerge in 3-4 years. It should last for 12-15 years or more.

Producer Information

Gracia a Saint-Émilion unclassed microcuvée winery, emerging in the late 1990s as one of the best known “Vins de garage”.The winery also produces the second wine Angelots de Gracia.[2]The Gracia proprietor is Michel Gracia, a former Saint-Émilion stonemason. First appearing in 1997 to great success. In response to the decline in fashion of the “garage wine” that has been widely predicted, Michel Gracia maintains the garagiste approach has altered and has stated, “In the early years we went for over-ripe grapes and plenty of extraction, but now we’re harvesting a touch earlier and looking for more finesse”.