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<vins>
	<title>Domaine des Crès Ricards, Cabernet Sauvignon 2007</title>
	<description>Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (Vin de Pays d'Oc), varietal wine</description>
	<vin nom="Cabernet Sauvignon">
		<descriptif>
			<appellation>Vin de Pays d'Oc</appellation>
			<type>Red Wine</type>
			<millesime>2007 vintage</millesime>
		</descriptif>
		<technique>
			<terroir>Limestone and clay alluvial deposits</terroir>
			<selection>From individual parcels</selection>
			<cepages>
				<cepage>
					<nom>Cabernet sauvignon</nom>
					<age>10 year-old vines producing 60 hl/ha</age>
					<pourcentage>100%</pourcentage>
				</cepage>
			</cepages>
			<vinifications>
				<vinification>Partly traditional maceration and partly cold pre-fermentation for 19 and 14 days with daily delestage (rack and return) or pumping over</vinification>
			</vinifications>
			<titre>13,5% vol.</titre>
			<elevage>In vats for 6 months</elevage>
		</technique>
		<degustations>
			<degustation>This wine is beautifully original, with fresh notes of rose and liquorice, then blackberry and coffee.</degustation>
			<degustation>This complex bouquet is also present on the palate, along with very ripe, smooth, rich tannins with no hint of harshness.</degustation>
		</degustations>
		<conseils>
			<conseil>This luscious wine, served at 16°C, is the ideal accompaniment for a simple meal of hams, saucisson and pâté, or for pork tenderloin with morel mushrooms.</conseil>
		</conseils>
		<commercial>
			<mise>March 2008</mise>
			<quantite>About 10.000 bottles</quantite>
			<statut>Available Spring 2008</statut>
		</commercial>
		<divers>
			<historique>
				<annee>2004</annee>
				<source>cab2004_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<historique>
				<annee>2005</annee>
				<source>cab2005_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<historique>
				<annee>2006</annee>
				<source>cab2006_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<ressource>
				<photo>cres_ricards_cabernet_sauvignon.jpg</photo>
				<traduction>cab2007_fr.xml</traduction>
				<label_trad>Français</label_trad>
			</ressource>
		</divers>
	</vin>
</vins>
