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La Raison d'Hêtre 2022
La Raison d'Hêtre 2022
La Raison d'Hêtre 2022
La Raison d'Hêtre 2022

La Raison d'Hêtre 2022

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La Raison d'Hêtre 2022
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About the Champagne

La Raison d’Hêtre is the second wine of L’Hêtre, drawn from younger vines and clay-limestone parcels on the estate’s lower slopes. Part of the Thienpont family portfolio, the vineyards span clay and fossil-rich limestone soils that bring roundness and a distinctive saline freshness. The result is a wine balancing ripe fruit with chalky precision, offering energy and approachability.

VARIETAL COMPOSITION

75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc

WINEMAKING

The wine was vinified in temperature-controlled concrete vats to preserve freshness and precision, then matured in French oak barrels (22% new, 39% one-year-old, and 39% two-year-old) before bottling at 14.5%.

TASTING NOTE

Expressive notes of autumn fruit, camphor, forest leaves and a touch of mint. Sweet lushness on the attack and then the wine becomes spicier with layers of tannin, liquorice, warm earth, walnuts and black fruit. A firm, rich finish rounds out the wine.

FOOD PAIRING & SERVING TEMPERATURE

Feathered game, hard cheeses and red meat. Serve at 15–18°C.
CASTILLON, BORDEAUX

Jacques Thienpont

When Jacques and his sister Anne Thienpont visited this Côtes de Castillon estate in 2015, they were immediately struck by its beauty and potential. They hired their nephew, Maxime Thienpont, as manager and renamed the property L’Hêtre, continuing the arboreal theme that Jacques uses for all his estates.