2016 Morlet Family Cabernet Sauvignon Les Petits Morlet
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Sourced from younger vines and mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Let Petits Morlet boasts a saturated purple color as well as beautiful black fruits, smoked earth, and cedar aromas and flavors. The entry-level Cabernet Sauvignon from Luc Morlet, it has beautiful purity, a full-bodied mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. Drink it over the coming 10-15 years.
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The 2016 Les Petits Morlet is a gorgeous second wine that shows just how captivating this vintage is for Bordeaux varieties. Black cherry, chocolate, dried herbs, leather and spice infuse this sumptuous, racy Cabernet Sauvignon. Aromatically expressive and pliant, the 2016 is super-expressive today. Les Petits Morlet is a blend of young vine estate fruit, plus barrels that don’t make it into the upper tier bottlings.
This is their second label for the Cabernet, produced from the barrels that didn’t make the cut for the final blend. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Les Petits Morlet comes bursting forth out of the glass with gregarious notes of warm cassis, blackberry preserves and chocolate-covered cherries with hints of black tea, wild sage and tobacco. Full-bodied and laden with crunchy black fruits, it has a solid frame of ripe, grainy tannins and great vivacity right through the long finish. 500 cases produced, to be released in the spring of 2020.