Chateau Fleur Cardinale Edition Extraordinaire 2022
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Description
Characteristics and tasting advice for the 2022 Édition Extraordinaire from Château Fleur Cardinale
Tasting
Remarkably precise and richly nuanced, this exceptional magnum reveals flawless elegance and structure.
A magnum inspired by the works of Jules Verne in limited quantities
The estate
Grand Cru Classé, Château Fleur Cardinale showcases all the typicity of the Saint-Émilion terroir, an emblematic appellation on Bordeaux’s Right Bank.
The vineyard
Château Fleur Cardinale 2022 is a Saint-Émilion wine from a 23.22-hectare producing vineyard. Averaging 30 years of age, the vines are planted on a true mosaic of terroirs with seven different clay-limestone soils and subsoils.
The wine
Édition Extraordinaire is the fifth and penultimate release in the collector’s series. On this occasion, it celebrates the 2022 vintage and draws inspiration from an author with boundless imagination: Jules Verne. Divers, spyglasses and hot air balloons… the label of these prestigious Édition Extraordinaire magnums is adorned for the occasion with works by the famous writer. Produced in small numbers, only 2,000 magnums of this exceptional bottle were made
The vintage
Despite particularly cold temperatures in early April in Bordeaux, the vines were nonetheless able to return to an optimal pace thanks to more favorable weather conditions in the following weeks. May was very dry. Summer was marked by a historic disparity between daytime and nighttime temperatures, an ideal condition for preserving the fruit’s freshness.
Winemaking and aging
Manual harvesting in small crates is followed by rigorous sorting in the vineyard, by densimetry and then by hand. Gravity-fed vatting. Cold pre-fermentation maceration. Fermentation in temperature-controlled, truncated-cone stainless steel tanks. 20-day vatting period. Gravity pump-overs and R’Pulse. Micro-vinifications in 20 barrels of 500 liters each.
Aging for this 2022 vintage was carried out over 12 to 14 months in French oak barrels (72% new, 18% one-wine), in 30-hL foudres (7%) and in 750-L amphorae (3%).
Blend
Merlot (75%)
Cabernet Franc (20%)
Cabernet Sauvignon (5%)
