Les Demoiselles de Falfas
This red wine from Bordeaux (France) made from Merlot has a soft feminine character. The nose is full of red fruits and plums which carry onto the palate. This soft rich wine is perfect for meat based dishes and various types of game.
Grape Variety / Blend: merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc
Winery / Estate: Chateau Falfas
This red wine from Bordeaux (France) made from Merlot has a feminine character. Lots of red fruits and plums on both nose and palate. Classic accompaniment to your favorite meat based meals or even with some game.
| Product-Type: | Wine |
| Type: | red |
| Price Point: | 1,501 to 2,000 |
| Style: | Juicy & Light |
| Vintage: | 2019 2020 2021 2022 |
| Blend/Grape Variety: | cabernet franc cabernet sauvignon merlot |
| Volume: | 750 ml |
| Alcohol: | 12.50% |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Bordeaux |
| Estate: | Chateau Falfas |
| Appellation: | AOC Cotes de Bourg |
| Fermentation: | Natural |
| Wine-Making Process: | Biodynamic |
Winery
Château Falfas is a Biodynamic estate vineyard and winery in the Côtes de Bourg AOC on the right bank of the Bordeaux region. It was bought in 1989 by John Cochran, an American lawyer based in Paris, and his wife Véronique. They converted Falfas to Biodynamic practices (certified by the Syndicat International des Vignerons en Culture Bio-Dynamique or SIVCBD). Falfas has been certified Biodynamic to the Demeter Biodynamic standard since 1989. It is a founder member the SIVCBD, France’s first group of certified Biodynamic wine-growers, and whose logo is “Biodyvin”.
This is traditional in the best sense, with hand picking, fermentation in small cement vats after a short cold maceration, pressing in a manually operated vertical wooden basket press and ageing in barrels for a proportion of the blend. Some reserve wines are also kept back, in large oval-shaped oak foudres, allowing the tannins to soften so that these lots can be added to the main blend in small proportions as a seasoning.