Chateau Croix de Rambeau Lussac Saint Emilion

roix de Rambeau is a 6.5 hectare lieu-dit located on the red clay soils of the plateau. It was acquired in the 1940s by Jean-Louis Trocard and is planted with 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The wine spends 14 months in oak, 30% of which are new. Production averages 35,000 bottles per vintage. It has a superb blackberry and cherry focus with hints of cocoa and then some really beautiful silky tannin. A wine to last a while and be enjoyed over many years