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Ilixens
Wine overview
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- Name of wine : Ilixens
- Vintage : 2010
- Colour : Red
- Style indication : Medium weight red
- Aging : Barrel matured, Vat matured without any wood
- Alcohol : 13.5%vol
- Contents : 750ml
- When to drink : Between 2013 and 2017
- Press : 1 étoile au Guide Hachette
1 star at Guide Hachette
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Diamonds for this wine :
The property
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- Owner(s) :
- Fleury Wines
- Location :
- Bordeaux - France
- Vineyard manager :
- Anne Cogny
- Cellar manager :
- Anne Cogny
Vineyards
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- Vineyard size :
- 18 hectares
- Topology :
- Plateau, Gentle slopes
- Predominant exposure :
- South West
- Grape varieties :
- Merlot : 100%
- Planting density :
- 4.500 vines per hectare
- Average age of wines :
- Merlot : 25 years
- Organic :
- No
- Bio dynamic :
- No
- Picking method :
- Machine
- Pre-crush sorting :
- No
- De-stalking :
- Total
- Type of press :
- Horizontal pneumatic
Packaging
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- Closure :
- Natural cork
Appearance
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- Brilliant, Clear
- Intense purple
Bouquet
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- Intense
- Light fruitiness
- Red fruit, Black fruit
- Spicy, Vanilla
- Strong varietal character of Merlot
- Adolescent
- Elegant
- Wooded
Palate
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- Light fruitiness
- Red fruit, Black fruit
- Adolescent
- Vanilla
- Medium tannin
- Medium bodied
- Wooded
- Strong varietal character of Merlot
- Elegant
- Balanced acidity
- Long finish
