Chateau Camplazens, Premium La Clape 2001

The Premium cuvee is the highest quality red wine produced at Chateau Camplazens in years of exceptional harvest. This intense full bodied wine is layered with dark fruit, blackberries and redcurrants. With its supple tannins the wine offers hints of black pepper, smoke and mocha with a touch of green bell pepper on the finish. This wine is bold and complex and showing excellent maturity.

£16.50

Datasheet color: country: France region: Languedoc soil: climate: vintage: 2001

Chateau Camplazens

Camplazens is located at the top of La Clape, a limestone mountain 10 miles long and 4 miles wide overlooking the Mediterranean. La Clape is an official sub-appellation of Coteaux du Languedoc that is gaining in reputation for its wine making. Only 26 vineyards are situated on La Clape, an environmentally protected land since 1965, and the only permitted activity is grape growing. La Clape is comprised of limestone cliffs and fertile valleys, covered with wild moorland, or `Garrigue.` The abundance of thyme, rosemary, lavender and sage together with a plethora of wild flowers and grasses create richly scented aromas, which are reproduced in the wine. The soil is rich alluvial clay, while when present in areas of limestone can be broken up to create a well drained, porous soil which makes maximum use of reflected sunlight for ripening the grapes. The climate conditions are ideal, combining the Northwest mountain breezes from the Carcassone Valley with the sea mists of the [continues...]

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