In 2024, Château Fleur Cardinale and Château Croix Cardinale were brought together under the name La Maison Cardinale

Intuition de Fleur Cardinale 2023 - Château Fleur Cardinale
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Intuition de Fleur Cardinale 2023

IDENTITY

Blend:

  • 67% Merlot
  • 23% Cabernet Franc
  • 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Alcohol content: 14°

CLIMATOLOGY

The winter of 2023 saw a period of cool weeks, with little rain from mid-January onwards. The buds gently burst at the end of March without any real fear of the frost, which was short and early. In spring, the vines exploded into life. Warmth, rain and mild nights gave way to magnificient flowering and wild growth, creating the right conditions for the plant kingdom to express itself (including fungi). The weather conditions at the beginning of the summer allowed good vegetative growth of the berries.

HARVEST

  • From 19 September to 4 October 2023
  • Yield: 15 hL/ha
  • Production: 10,000 bottles of second wine

TASTING SUGGESTIONS

The wine is still in barrel and will tell us more in the months to come…

PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

For us, the 2023 vintage is synonymous with :

  • Depth
  • Delicacy

SOUNDTRACK

To be enjoyed while listening to the song Sunday Morning (Acoustic) – Maroon 5.

Reviews for this vintage

ALEXANDRE MA

91-92
Despite employing the “Fermentation Intégrale” technique, this wine maintains a consistently smooth texture, devoid of any superfluous expressions or excessive forcefulness from start to finish. It enters the palate with richness and sweetness, with powdery tannins gradually spreading from the mid-palate, gently coating the taste buds. The delicate and pure aromas of salted plums and candied bayberries evoke a peculiar sensation of “Sucré Salé” when held in the mouth.

JAMES SUCKLING

90-91
Attractive notes of blackberries and chocolate with fine, supple tannins and medium body. Smooth and poised with quite a delicate, silky finish.

JEB DUNNUCK

89-91
The second wine from this estate, the 2023 Intuition De Fleur Cardinale is based mostly on Merlot and brought up in foudre and demi-muids. It’s another incredibly charming, delicious second wine in the vintage, offering ripe raspberry and blackberry fruit as well as some spicy, herbal, and floral nuances. Medium-bodied, soft, supple, and beautifully balanced, it will drink well right out of the gate.

OLIVIER BORNEUF

88

THE WINE INDEPENDENT, LISA PERROTTI-BROWN

88-90
"A blend of 56% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, the Intuition de Fleur Cardinale 2023 has a deep garnet-purple color. It rolls out with expressive notes of stewed plums and blackberries, plus hints of Sichuan pepper, black olives, and charcoal. The medium-bodied palate delivers a good amount of fruit, with approachable tannins and a spicy kick on the finish. "

VERT DE VIN, JONATHAN CHOUKROUN CHICHEPORTICHE

92
Le nez est joliment pulpeux/fruité. On y retrouve des notes de prune pulpeuse, de violette et plus légèrement de cerise pulpeuse/fraiche associées à des touches de badiane, à une pointe finement toastée ainsi qu’à de fines pointes de tabac blond frais et une très discrète pointe florale / subtilement séveuse. La bouche est joliment minérale, fruitée, éclatante, précise et offre une jolie définition. En bouche ce vin exprime des notes de cassis pulpeux, de myrtille pulpeuse et plus légèrement de bleuet associées à des touches de cerise ainsi qu’à des pointes de toasté et à une subtile pointe d’amande. Un joli pulpeux/juteux, de la gourmandise. Un joli petit moelleux sur la fin de bouche/persistance.

VINOUS, ANTONIO GALLONI

90-92
The 2023 Intuition de Fleur Cardinale is packed with dark plum fruit, mocha, chocolate, sage and new leather. Time in the glass brings out strong Cabernet Franc signatures that open the aromatics nicely. This is a terrific and highly enjoyable second wine.

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