HELAN MOUNTAIN CABERNET SAUVIGNON

GRAPE: Cabernet Sauvignon | ALCOHOL CONTENT: 15 % Vol. | BOTTLE SIZE: 750ml

TASTING NOTES BY LENZ M. MOSER

Speaking on this wine, Jancis Robinson MW said to Lenz M. Moser in 2016: “This is the most important wine in your portfolio – it will reach many consumers around the world a create the awareness for wines from China.”This is also a reason why we put our utmost care in creating this “affordable” wine from our Chateau.

We also wanted to create a new style of unoaked wine from the Chateau – “showing the character of the best Cabernet Sauvignon berries I have ever worked with”, says Lenz. Spice of China, concentrated fruit aromas and flavours you would never expect from such a young Cabernet. The small berries occur in this desert climate to protect themselves from evaporating the water – hence a fantastic skin to juice ratio.

PRODUCTION NOTES

  • 2023 was a great year in Ningxia

  • Vines between 12 – 18 years old

  • 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (small and healthy berries with brown seeds and 23 brix)

  • No wood treatment

  • growing and blending under close supervision of Lenz M. Moser (Chief Winemaker Chateau Changyu Moser XV) who spent the entire harvest period in Ningxia

  • “Mise en bouteille au château/Estate bottled“: bottled for the very first time at the Château in February 2024 by Lenz M. Moser

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