Crescendo

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.
• Truffled poularde de Bresse
  Truffle and the wine's spice-and-cedar register align elegantly.
• 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. 1995: First 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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