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2006 Chateau Rollat Edouard de Rollat
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MSRP: $62.00
Price: $52.39
You Save: $9.61 (16 %)
Item Number: WCRE
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2006 Chateau Rollat Edouard de Rollat
Grapes: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon mostly from Seven Hills Vineyard; 20% Merlot from Pepperbridge Vineyard; 5% Cabernet Franc from Seven Hills West Vineyard
Oak Program: November 2005 July 2007
2/3 New French Oak (Terransaud, Vicard, Seguin Moreau), 1/3 One-Wine French Oak
pH: 3.7
Alcohol: 14.2
Notes: The 2006 Edouard de Rollat is the premier wine of Chateau Rollat. It is perfectly balanced with big, round tannins, complex and sophisticated layers of flavor, and perfect acidity. The wine features deep currant and cassis along with other tones of dark fruit. It is earthy and rich yet displays the same silky mouth feel as Rollat. The tannin structure and acidity make this wine a long lived Cabernet that is drinkable now but will improve with age. The wine should be able to be kept for many years.
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Christian LeSommer - Christian LeSommer, perhaps the preeminent winemaker in the world today, is making his mark in the Walla Walla valley. For the past two and a half years, he has been working with Chateau Rollat Winery on a series of Cabernet Sauvignon wines. The first, Rollat 2005, was released this summer. Edouard 2005 is scheduled to be released in December and Sophie 2006 will be released in late 2008 along with the 2006 vintages of Rollat and Edouard.
LeSommer is best known for his work as general manager and wine master at Chateau Latour during the 1980s and 1990s. Before joining Chateau Latour, he managed Vignobles Ducourt and Vignobles Henri Maire. Early in his wine making career, LeSommer was also assistant manager at the famed Sauternes maker, Chateau dYquem.
After leaving Latour, LeSommer began working as a consulting manager for Domaines des Barons de Rothschild (of Chateau Lafite fame.) He continues to manage their Los Vascos (Chile), Quinta do Carmo (Portugal), Caro (Argentina), and Rocca de Frassinello (Italy) programs.
LeSommer also consults for Le Pupille and Castellare di Castellina in Italy and three other wineries worldwide.
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| Bowin Lindgren - Owner and winemaker. The winery is named in honor of his Great Grandparents and forefathers from France. Edouard Rollat, Bowins Great Grandfather, was one of the Foremost Wine Authorities in New York at the turn of the last century. He was the sommelier at Café Martin and a broker at the Vendomme. The family was prominent in the wine business in France in the 1800s and early 1900s. Mr. Lindgren is very happy to be able to have his family reenter the wine business after two generations.
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