Bodegas CARO Domaines Baron de Rothschild (2016)

Bodegas CARO Domaines Baron de Rothschild (2016)

Bodegas Caro 2016 is the best of two wine cultures in one wine. Here, two families, two grapes and two countries unite for one cult wine. Only produced in limited quantities. A dense and rich wine that is showing its age now, Here is sweet fruit with notes of cedar and hints of tobacco in a deliciously full and powerful wine made from Malbec and Cabernet sauvignon

Caro Malbec & Cabernet Sauvignon Domaines Barons de Rothschild & Nicolas Catena, Mendoza Argentina.

Scent: Wide palette of red and black berries from the forest.
Taste: Lovely velvety tannins and notes of blackberry and blackcurrant are in a wonderful combination with the slightly spicy touch from barrel aging.
Perfect for: Lamb and beef and strong cheeses.
Serving temperature: 16-18ºC.

The wine:

Caro Malbec & Cabernet Sauvignon are harvested manually in the last week of March and in the first week of April. 1/3 of the grapes come from vines that are more than 50 years old. The wine is made from Cabernet Sauvignon, with a touch of Malbec added for more richness and color. This combination gives a wine that can be drunk young, but can also develop nicely in the cellar. The alcoholic fermentation takes place in steel tanks, followed by malolactic fermentation in oak barrels. The wine is then aged for 18 months in French oak barrels from Château Lafite's own winery.

About the Vinhuset:

In 1999, a team from Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) headed by Christophe Salin, traveled back from Chile towards France to Mendoza in Argentina. The team was not looking for a new partner in South America, but from a mutual acquaintance they had heard the rumor that had spread all over the world like rings in the water about the "one if" Nicolas Catena's Argentinian wine. They wanted to meet him. Nicolas organized a vertical tasting for them with Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. When Christophe tasted the 1993 Catena Cabernet Sauvignon, he was struck by the wine's elegance and the interest in trying Malbec was simultaneously aroused. During visits to various wineries, Nicolas revealed his great admiration for Lafite to Christophe. It was the beginning of a friendship based on mutual respect and admiration.

A few months later, Baron Eric de Rothschild and Christophe met with Nicolas and Laura Catena in New York, where they exchanged ideas over a Lafite 1983. They agreed on a wine after several attempts. When the wine was to be released in October 2002, the question still remained, what should the wine be called. During a lunch in Paris, Eric de Rothschild suggested the name Caro, which united the Catena and Rothschild names. Nicolas insisted that Rothschild should come first, but the baron said: "I like Caro, that's what my Italian wife calls me at home." In Italian, caro means dear. Caro was thus approved.