Tour Bouscasse Madiran, Brumont
Patience is a must with the Tannat grape. This wine has spent a good amount of time in bottle to really soften out those tannins. Blackberry, cherry, and leather. Full body, bone dry and balanced acidity.
Grape – 60% Tannat, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc.
Country – France
Region – South West
Sub-Region – Madiran
ABV – 14.5%
Bottle Size - 750ml
Madiran is a beautiful, wine producing region in the south west of France among the foothills of the Pyrenees, south of Armagnac. This region is synonymous with the Tannat grape. This grape variety as the name suggests can be rather high in tanning. The grapes themselves have extremely thick skins which create rich and inky wines that require a good amount of aging to smooth out the tanning and bring the wine together.
Château Bouscassé has belonged to the Brumont family for several generations. The property includes 50 hectares of superb clay-limestone terroir along the cliff in the commune of Maumusson-Laguian. This terroir is also somewhat humorously known as the Pied de Côte de Saint Emilion ("The foot of the Saint Emilion Slope"), because the Tannat that grows there produces a wine that has similar characteristics to some of the great wines of Bordeaux's right bank, in that they possess a rigorous style, a refined structure and a substantial potential to age