Winemaker: Nicole Tapon
AOC: Saint-georges Saint-Emilion
Vintage: 2015
Vol: 13.5 %
RS: 0 g/L
pH: 3.44
S02: 90 mg/L
Total Production: 4,134 bottles
Cépages: 100% Merlot Noir
Vine Age: 50 years
Soils: Red clay & Asterias Limestone next to the Saint Georges Lavoir & Roman Church
Vegan: No
Allergènes: No
Closure: Cork + Foil
Drinking Window: The next 15 years
Ethos: Certified Organic from 2011
 
Producer: Nicole is the 16th generation of the Tapon family to make wine on Bordeaux’s iconic Right Bank. Despite the region’s reputation for red wines, Nicole is best known for her ‘Clairet de Bordeaux’ -a rare style of deeply coloured, ageworthy, dry Rosé. During our visit in 2021, we tasted the 2018, 2013, 2010 and 2006 each wine provided a compelling, gastronomic experience that combined the best of mature Claret with a fragrant, fresh lift. Nicole’s Red wines are diverse in style and geography and she follows a distinctly Burgundian structure to reflect the diversity of terroir, featuring her own name first rather than the multiple châteaux and parcels that she works with.