Description
Domaine Les Creisses, run by 3rd generation owner Philippe Chesnelong, is based in the village of Valros in the south of the L’Hérault region of the Languedoc. Philippe is aided by his cousin Louis Mitjavile, son of François Mitjavile the owner of Ch. Tertre Rotebouef in Saint-Emilion, who handles the vinification and aging of the wines.
The Les Brunes is Les Creisses top wine made from 80% Cabernet Sauvignon planted on dark brown basalt rich clay with 10% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre. The grapes are destemmed then macerated and fermented over 25 days before aging in tight grain French oak, mostly new.
Wonderful depth of dark, sweet fruit flavours, with black cherry and blackcurrant dominating on the nose. Cedar and cinnamon flavours evolve on the palate, with intense concentration of black fruits balancing well with the rounded, juicy tannins.
