
Château Fleur Cardinale 2012
Audace & Éclat

Identity
Blend:
- 75% Merlot
- 20% Cabernet Franc
- 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcoholic degree: 14°

Weather conditions
The beginning of the year was particularly rainy.
A dry summer then extended from mid-July to the end of September, making it possible to catch up and optimize the maturities of the three grape varieties.
It is a year when Merlot is the most successful grape, thanks to a maturity that began early.

Harvest
- 22 October > 3 November
- Yields: 37 hl / ha
- Production: 103 000 bottles

Tasting suggestions
- Optimal tasting period: 2017 – 2030.
- Today: place the wine three hours in a carafe before the tasting, or keep it in the cellar.
- Serving temperature: 17-18°C.

Personality characteristics
The 2012 vintage is synonymous of:
- Freedom
- Brightness
- Trust
- Timelessness

Soundtrack
- Rock : I’m Going Home – Ten Years After
- Soul & Funk : Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
- Français : Résiste – France Gall
- Jazz : A Sunday Kind Of Love – Etta James
Reviews for this vintage

B MY BORDEAUX, CHRISTER BYKLUM

YVES BECK

BETTANE & DESSEAUVE

DECANTER, JAMES LAWTHER

DECANTER, JANE ANSON

FALSTAFF

FORBES, TOM MULLEN

GAULT & MILLAU

GUIDE HACHETTE DES VINS

JOURNAL D'UN PASSIONNÉ DE LA RIVE DROITE, DANIEL SÉRIOT

LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE

ANDREAS LARSSON

LE FIGARO VINS, BERNARD BURTSCHY

JACQUES PERRIN

JANCIS ROBINSON, JULIA HARDING

JEAN-MARC QUARIN

JAMES SUCKLING

TERRE DE VINS, MATHIEU DOUMENGE

THE WINE ADVOCATE, ROBERT PARKER

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER, JEFF LEVE

THE WINE PATRIOT, ANTOON LAURENT

VERT DE VIN, JONATHAN CHOUKROUN CHICHEPORTICHE

VINOUS, ANTONIO GALLONI

VINUM

VVWINE, SIMON MAISSEN

WINE SPECTATOR, JAMES MOLESWORTH
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