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<vins>
	<title>Domaine des Crès Ricards, Oenothera rouge 2007</title>
	<description>Oenothera rouge 2007 (Appelation Coteaux du Languedoc), a blend of Syrah and Grenache</description>
	<vin nom="Oenothera">
		<descriptif>
			<appellation>Appelation Coteaux du Languedoc</appellation>
			<type>Red Wine</type>
			<millesime>2007 vintage</millesime>
		</descriptif>
		<technique>
			<terroir>Limestone and clay pebbly terraces</terroir>
			<selection>From individual parcels</selection>
			<cepages>
				<cepage>
					<nom>Syrah</nom>
					<age>30 year old vines producing 35 hl/ha</age>
					<pourcentage>84%</pourcentage>
				</cepage>
				<cepage>
					<nom>Grenache</nom>
					<age>43 year old vines producing 37 hl/ha</age>
					<pourcentage>16%</pourcentage>
				</cepage>
			</cepages>
			<vinifications>
				<vinification>Partly traditional maceration for 16 and 22 days with daily delestage (rack and return) or pumping over</vinification>
				<vinification>Partly whole-grape carbonic maceration for 17 days</vinification>
			</vinifications>
			<titre>14,5% vol.</titre>
			<elevage>12 months in new oak casks</elevage>
		</technique>
		<degustations>
			<degustation>A deep ruby colour and a complex bouquet of spices (peppercorns and cinnamon), tobacco, mocha and stewed blackcurrants.</degustation>
			<degustation>On the palate it is full-bodied, velvety, toasted and fruity (blackcurrant backed up by black cherry), with a particularly liquorice finish.</degustation>
		</degustations>
		<conseils>
			<conseil>Serve at 16-18°C, this wine is perfect with steak and morel mushrooms or rib of beef in a salt crust.</conseil>
		</conseils>
		<commercial>
			<mise>21st April 2009</mise>
			<quantite>3.513 bottles</quantite>
			<statut>Not available</statut>
		</commercial>
		<divers>
			<historique>
				<annee>2003</annee>
				<source>oen2003_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<historique>
				<annee>2004</annee>
				<source>oen2004_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<historique>
				<annee>2005</annee>
				<source>oen2005_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<historique>
				<annee>2006</annee>
				<source>oen2006_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<ressource>
				<photo>cres_ricards_oenothera_rouge.jpg</photo>
				<traduction>oen2007_fr.xml</traduction>
				<label_trad>Français</label_trad>
			</ressource>
			<buy>
				<ebay>To order this vintage in our eBay wine store!</ebay>
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				<export>If you live outside France, please contact us before bidding to discuss delivery charges and taxes</export>
			</buy>
		</divers>
	</vin>
</vins>

