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Le Petit Balthazar Merlot, 2021, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Le Petit Balthazar Merlot, 2021, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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Region	Perpignan, Roussillon	Country	France
Type	Red	Grape	Merlot
Style	Fruity and smooth	ABV	11%
Closure	Screw Top	Method	Sustainable

Intense dark fruits, but low alcohol? Balthazar was a very wise man indeed...

About the wine

Intense dark fruits and liquorice aren’t perhaps what you’d expect from a low-alcohol, low-calorie red, but that’s what you’ve got here. The merlot grapes are picked in September, when they’re ripe from a full summer, so the flavours are all there - but the grapes have been specially selected to have low alcohol potential. Full flavours with no headaches. Balthazar was a very wise man indeed.

Tasting notes

Deep garnet-red with purple tints, this wine opens with an intense, spicy nose of blackcurrant, fresh blackberries and a touch of liquorice. The palate is full and rounded, with rich dark fruit flavours and a lingering, fruity finish – all the depth, with a lighter touch on the alcohol.

About the winemaker

Pierrick Harang doesn’t have a family châteaux, or acres of inherited vineyard. What he does have is a top-quality pedigree as a winemaker (the fifth generation of his family to be able to make that boast). His Le Petit Balthazar range is low-alcohol wine with a difference. No de-alcoholisation to muck up the flavours here, instead just smart science and a LOT of wine knowledge: growing grapes with low alcohol potential even when they’re ripe.

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