Paul Giraud Napoleon 15 yrs 40% 700ml krondorf time after time

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This red wine from Abril is just right for wine lovers who like their wine dry

likely to have originally been planted by the Romans

Schell worked with 50% new oak—the upper end for Spinifex’s oak regime—and yet the density of Rostein’s fruit has absorbed this like a sponge

The wine was fermented in 1 and 2 tonne open fermenters

Paul Giraud Napoleon 15 yrs 40% 700ml krondorf time after timeFor the aging of Napoleon, we only use 25% new barrel. Certainly, the new barrel brings two essential things: the colour and the woody tannins. But the very delicate aromas of vine flowers (comparable to acacia or elderflower) cannot stand to be masked by an excess of tannin, thus the use of less new oak. Further, we find a little acidity and freshness, as if we were crunching a grape during the grape harvest. Napoleon is the olfactory memory of white