Joseph Cartron Creme de Mure SF Chronicle and still the estate's flagship

and still the estate's flagship homage to the Right Bank of Bordeaux

intensely-aromatic Chardonnay grapes

sharp and complex is how he describes it

where the vineyards sit higher and cooler and ripen later than the ones on the famous slope below

and a splash of Viognier handles the perfume

Joseph Cartron Creme de Mure SF Chronicle and still the estate's flagshipFrom the producer: The last berries of summer, wild blackberries, are carefully harvested once fully ripe. Joseph Cartron only uses wild blackberries which are much more aromatic than their cultivated counterparts and give Crme de Mre des Roncires (Wild Blackberry Liqueur) the bright and juicy sensation of biting into a fresh blackberry on the French countryside.