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Genève, Grand'Cour rouge, Pellegrin - 2020

Provenance: Geneva
Appellation: Geneva
Domain: Grand'Cour, J-P. Pellegrin
Grape variety(ies): Cabernet franc 75% et cabernet sauvignon 25%
On-call time: 15 years
Alcohol degree: 13.8%

This is quite simply one of the greatest red wines of the estate: a sublime, sanguine nose of creamy black fruit and ripe roasted pepper; the lacy tannins give the body magnificent fleshy and energetic finesse. Amazing finesse for this vintage that lingers on nuances of pepper and dried flowers. A long-distance runner.

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Technique

Viticulture

Plot of 7000 m2, planted at 10,000 plants/ha, trained in low Guyot.

Oenology

Fermentation in vats with maceration in round grapes. Aged in oak barrels, on fine lees, with regular stirring. Aged for about 15 months.

Suggestions for accompaniment

Jelly of chuck and its cooking vegetables - Sauté of lamb kidneys with lemon confit and coriander - Duck breast with cherries.

Liquid geography

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Grand'Cour, J-P. Pellegrin

Jean-Pierre Pellegrin is one of the stars of the Geneva vineyard, even if the man is much more discreet and humble than the glittering image that sticks to his neck.In 1989, he received the estate from his father and took his destiny as a winegrower in hand.

In 1989, he received his father's estate and took his destiny as a winemaker into his own hands. In 1994, he restored the magnificent 600-year-old family farmhouse himself and built a cellar in old stones which is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in the canton.

On his 15 hectares and on 15 others which he recently took over, "JPP" cultivates, with the help of his eternal second-in-command Bruno and his teams, about twenty grape varieties, which they transform into as many vintages that are sought after by the best restaurants and the most discerning amateurs.

The viticulture is organic, but without certification: Jean-Pierre Pellegrin has banned all chemical products in the vineyards and vinifies many of his wines with indigenous yeasts. The wines are matured in vats, concrete amphorae, Burgundy barrels or very high quality Bordeaux barrels, depending on the origin of the grape varieties and plots. The range is wide, but of impressive quality.

The spearhead of the cellar in red with the well-named "P", its red Grand'Cour...