Crescendo

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In the glass

Aroma: blackcurrant, cedar, sweet spice, tobacco

Palate: dark berry, chalky tannin, vanilla, long graphite finish

Couly-Dutheil's prestige cuvee from the best clay-limestone parcels of Clos de l'Echo. Heavily barriqued, structured for long ageing, with cedar, sweet spice and a chalky graphite finish.

What it pairs with

• Roast rib of beef with bordelaise sauce Rich beef and red-wine reduction meet the wine's full body and cedar register.More wines for beef and red meat →
• Truffled poularde de Bresse Truffle and the wine's spice-and-cedar register align elegantly.More wines for chicken and white meat →
• Mature Mimolette with quince paste Hard cheese and the wine's chalky tannin grip are mutually flattering.

History

Crescendo is Couly-Dutheil's barrique-aged prestige cuvee, drawn from the best parcels within Clos de l'Echo and other top sites. Introduced in 1995 to anchor the upper end of the Chinon range.

1. 1995First vintage of Crescendo

Facts

Producer

Couly-Dutheil · visiting guide

Grapes

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Classification

Chinon AOC

Oak

16 to 18 months in oak barriques, around 50 percent new

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 30 to 50 at retail

Drinking window

10 to 25 from vintage

First vintage

1995

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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