2016 Château Lavillotte Saint Estèphe

• $40.00
• 750 mg
• Sommselect.com

You don’t often find wines of this quality at such a young age, especially not for this price. This is a wine that will age gracefully for at least another decade and likely much longer. The grapes are hand harvested at peak ripeness and are fermented in temperature controlled vats with frequent pump overs to introduce oxygen. After fermentation is complete the wine is racked into traditional French barriques, about 30% new, for 15 months before being bottled without filtration. 2016 was a fantastic vintage on the Left Bank, with a cool, wet spring followed by a very warm, dry summer. At eight years of age, the Château Lavillotte is hitting its peak drinking window, though it will age gracefully for at least another decade and likely much longer. If you’re serving it soon a good decant of about an hour is recommended.