Saintayme

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

2022

Blend

100% Merlot

Wine designation

Saintayme, Red, 2022
Category: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux

Food pairing

To enjoy with a rib of beef, duck breast, or lamb shank. Sun-dried tomatoes and porcini mushrooms will enhance this grand cru.

Saintayme

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

2022

Tasting notes

Attractive garnet red color with purple hues. The nose offers a bouquet of good intensity revealing chalky notes. After aeration, black fruits, blackcurrants, and blackberries emerge. The wood is perfectly integrated. The palate is delicious, dense with lots of body, tension, and beautiful aromatic expression. Juicy character.

Vineyard

Vineyard size: 9 hectares
Soil composition: Clay-limestone soils.

Winemaking

Fermentation container: In stainless steel tanks.
Aging: Oak barrels.
30% new oaks and barrels used once.
Type of oak: French
Bottles produced: 66 000

Heritage in the vineyard

Domaine

Château Saintayme is a family-owned vineyard located in Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse, near Saint-Émilion, in the Bordeaux region. Owned by Denis Durantou, who also owns the renowned Château L’Église-Clinet in Pomerol, this estate is renowned for producing high-quality wines.

Green in the vineyard

Environmental practices

Environmentally friendly methods and manual harvesting, ensuring rigorous selection of the grapes.