Bergecrac Rouge 2023
Bergecrac Rouge 2023
Vincent's superb value southern red blend is back, with the addition of a few extra grape varieties. This is an easy drinking, medium bodied wine, walking a great balance between big, juicy, fruity, and complex. Perfect table wine, with or without food.
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Producer: Chateau Barouillet (Vincent Alexis)
Country: France
Region: South West
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Fer Servadou, Mérille
ABV: 13.5%
Sulphur: Zero added
Cuvée: Hecate
Vintage: 2018
Producer: Chateau Barouillet
Region: France, Bergerac & Monbazillac in Pomport
Style + Colour: Still, Red
Grapes/Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13.5%
A 40-hectare estate, fully organic since 2013. The 8th generation to work at the estate; Vincent Alexis joined his father in 2010 and talked him into bottling their own wines instead of selling them for bulk blending. 25ha are white. Vincent has recently planted lots more traditional grape varieties, Sulphur is only used on bottling for the Bergecrac Blanc and the Monbazillac. Soils are clay on limestone with iron and flint in the Pecharmant vineyards.