Joseph Cartron Creme de Mure SF Chronicle intensely-aromatic Chardonnay grapes

intensely-aromatic Chardonnay grapes

subsequently blended and then left to age and mellow in oak casks

where the vineyards sit higher and cooler and ripen later than the ones on the famous slope below

the terroir is situated on top of silty powdery calcareous sands in the village of Labastida and is the highest elevation Grenache found in all of Rioja

It is soft and smooth on the palate with hints of vanilla and spiced undertones

Joseph Cartron Creme de Mure SF Chronicle intensely-aromatic Chardonnay grapesFrom the producer: The last berries of summer, wild blackberries, are carefully harvested once fully ripe. Joseph Cartron only uses wild blackberries which are much more aromatic than their cultivated counterparts and give Crme de Mre des Roncires (Wild Blackberry Liqueur) the bright and juicy sensation of biting into a fresh blackberry on the French countryside.