“Because wine should be a moment of sharing, friendship, conviviality and laughter. The simple pleasures of life come together in one sip of this wine. Isn't wine a celebration?” Elian Da Ros
To put an end to these wines from the South West laboriously copying Bordeaux, the "entry-level" cuvée from Elian da Ros shows that, when you give yourself a bit of trouble, you can leave a wine with personality in a vineyard and an AOC which have none. It is aptly named the bugger! A friendly, no-frills wine with roundness, suppleness and fruit. There may be a little reduction when opening, disappearing with aeration.
Blend: 40% Abouriou - 40% Cabernet franc - 20% Merlot
Terroir: clayey-silty on gray clay subsoil
Vinification: Merlot and Cabernet Franc are destemmed, then vatted in concrete vats open between 10 and 15 days. Soft extracts. The abouriou is vatted in whole bunches and vinified in semi-carbonic maceration.
Aging: 10 months in casks and barrels of several wines + 1 month in concrete vats
Bottling: without fining with a light filtration
Profile of the wine: as its name suggests, this wine is a pleasure wine with a fruity and fresh character. The vinification is gentle without strong extraction in order to preserve the crunchy and round side of the grape. It is a versatile wine, its roundness and fruitiness give it a good “drinkability”, but it is also supported by a delicate tannic structure inherent in our south-western grape varieties. It is therefore pleasant as an aperitif to share a drink with friends but also goes very easily with more generous dishes.
