Esprit De Saint Pierre Saint Julien

This wine generally pairs well with beef, lamb or game.

Château Saint Pierre is a 4th Classified Growth of the Saint Julien appellation. The vineyard is located in the village of Saint Julien de Beychevelle, next to Château Branaire Ducru and Gloria. This domain was divided up by successions and it was Henri Martin who reconstituted the vineyard in 1982. The vines are planted on 17 hectares of gravels of Gunzian origin covering a clay-sandy layer.

he wine is then aged in barrels for 14 to 16 months, half renewed every year.

Traditional in stainless steel, temperature-controlled tanks.

The Domaines Henri Martin vineyards are mostly located in the Saint-Julien appellation, with some in the Haut-Médoc appellation under the Château Bel Air Gloria name. It's well known that Saint-Julien is the smallest of the four major Médoc appellations, but it has a big reputation! This appellation can boast the highest concentration of “1855 classified growths”: 11 over 900 hectares. There are no lesser wines in Saint-Julien ... It's even said that Saint-Julien is the quintessence of Médoc wines, striking a balance between the softness and femininity of Margaux and the strength of Pauillac. It offers the delightful fullness, fruit and delicacy of the former along with the latter's robustness and structure. Saint-Julien wines are generally characterized by their superb harmony and great finesse, their refined, elegant, typical aromas of red berries and undergrowth, their high-quality tannins and their vigor and richness. The Haut-Médoc appellation covers 4,567 hectares. Its soils consist mainly of layers of Garonne gravel on which Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot thrive to make it a known and appreciated terroir.