2024 Domaine les Carmels 'Les Caprices' Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux, France Carlos Raposo The vine density here is

The vine density here is also extremely high at 3700 vines/ha which forces more competition among the vines which leads to lower yields but higher quality fruit for each vine

Bassetti Vineyard reads way cooler then its is SLO origin

Terroir: Quartz and schist

Viticulture: Practicing Organic - dry- farmed

aged for 12 months in used barrels

2024 Domaine les Carmels 'Les Caprices' Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux, France Carlos Raposo The vine density here isVariety: Merlot Vine Age: Planted in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2018 Terroir: From multiple plots in the Cadillac, multicolored clay with limestone inputs, soil up to 8 meters deep. Viticulture: Certified organic (Qualisud, 2010), Bordelaise pruning. Vinification: De stemmed, uncrushed, ambient yeast fermentation, short pumpovers to limit the tannin structure, aged for 4 6 months in stainless steel tank, minimal (if any) added SO2 after vinification.