Chateau Quinault L’Enclos, Saint-Emilion, 2005 moving_liquidation_2 Ravines pioneered the dry

Ravines pioneered the dry

applies their meticulous viticultural practices and traditional winemaking techniques to this cuvée

native yeast fermentations

generous fruit and silky tannins

Merlot at cool-climate elevation develops plum and cherry fruit offset by cedar

Chateau Quinault L’Enclos, Saint-Emilion, 2005 moving_liquidation_2 Ravines pioneered the dryA single walled block of vines l'Enclos on the sandy, gravelly outskirts of Libourne, with some parcels planted back in 1934, now twenty years into bottle from one of Bordeaux's great modern vintages. Alain Raynaud had spent the decade before this harvest rebuilding the property, switching to hand picking and taking the old vines seriously; the owners of Chateau Cheval Blanc were convinced enough to buy the estate outright in 2008. That the whole