Claire Villars Lurton - Ceres 'Merlot' 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Claire Villars Lurton
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Haut Medoc
Varietal	Merlot
Vintage	2020
Sku	83003
Size	750ml

 

Heading up her family’s châteaux wasn’t Claire Villars Lurton’s original plan. But when her parents died in an accident in 1992, she left her studies as a physics doctoral student in Paris to take on her winemaker mother’s role. She became an oenologist, aiming from the start to ‘come back to virtuous and ecologic viticulture’.

That path took her from growing cover crops to organic and biodynamic certification at the estates she now owns – fifth growth Château Haut-Bages Libéral in Pauillac and Châteaux Ferrière (third growth) and La Gurgue in Margaux. 

Today she is one of Bordeaux’s most exciting winemakers, leading the way in agroforestry and agroecology as another way to create healthier vines for the future. ‘Last year I started planting 120 trees in the middle of vine blocks,’ she says. The mix includes fruit and nut trees and others like the Siberian elm. Trees help soil retain water in hot, dry years and encourage a mycorrhizal fungus network that increases trace and mineral elements in the soil.

The wine, made from 100% Merlot,  comes from the Haut-Médoc appellation, specifically from a biodynamically managed vineyard in the hamlet of Vertheuil, in Pauillac North.
Winemaking Approach: Cérès is produced without the addition of sulfur, making it one of the most innovative wines in Bordeaux.
Tasting Notes: Expect a gourmand, supple, and delicately extracted wine with a fluid and fruity mouthfeel, characterized by notes of black fruits