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To celebrate the start of the harvest season, we are pleased to release the 2020 vintage of L'Hêtre, our Thienpont family estate in Côtes de Castillon.
2020 was an important year for L'Hêtre marked by the arrival of Professor Axel Marchal from ISVV as an oenologist/consultant, the decision to invest in a new cellar which will be operational for the 2022 harvest and the purchase of an additional 5ha on the limestone plateau of Saint Genès which we are converting to organic viticulture in order to be able to integrate it into L’Hêtre.
We are very proud of our fifth vintage and are pleased to present both L'Hêtre and its second wine, La Raison d'Hêtre. Both wines are available for delivery as of today in standard and magnum format.
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0.75l
2020 marked the first vintage where all our parcels were fermented in concrete, thermoregulated vats and we also welcomed Professor Axel Marchal from the ISVV to be our consulting enologist. We are delighted with the results of the 2020 harvest. The wine shows a dark, glossy purple colour; good intensity on the nose with floral and spicy aromas; on the attack there are appetising notes of mint, autumn fruit, and pepper. The texture is silky and energetic, reflecting well the limestone soils of the plateau. The tannins, while quite present are fresh and lively and lead to a spicy, racy finish.