Périgord · Ultra-premium
N°1 Saint-Cernin Rouge
2018
The cuvée the house was built to make. Planted on one of the highest points of the Issigeac plateau, restored alongside the 12th-century château, and released first in 2016. The low yields of 2019 make this vintage the rarest to date.
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Grapes
Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Alcohol
14% vol
Ageing
20 months in new and one-year barrels
Serve at
17–18 °C
Estate
Château de Saint-Cernin
Cellar
2027 – 2040
Tasting
In the glass
Violet, black fruit and wet limestone; tannin like fine grain. It takes an hour to open and an evening to finish.
Andreas Larsson — World's Best Sommelier 2007
At the table
Roast lamb, aged beef, mushrooms.
From the Marx kitchen
Marx’s lamb with garlic confit and thyme.
Production
3,200 bottles · low-yield 2019
