Borto 2019

Name: Borto 2019
Brand: Ormiale
SKU: domercqmorrison-borto-2019-16%-750ml
Price: 100.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$100.00

A powerful expression born from an extreme vintage. In 2019, prolonged heat and intense sunshine pushed certain parcels of Merlot and Cabernet Franc to full ripeness, producing dark, concentrated fruit and formidable structure.

Handled with patience rather than force, fermentation was allowed to unfold naturally with indigenous yeasts. When sugars remained, the wine was set aside and left undisturbed and closely monitored yet given time to find its own balance. After 36 months of rest, Borto emerged as a deep, resonant wine: intense yet composed, shaped as much by restraint as by heat.

A testament to trust, time, and the quiet discipline of letting a wine become itself.

This is a full bodied natural red wine.

Technical Details

Region: Bordeaux, France
Grape(s): Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Type: Full-bodied red wine
Farming: Organically managed
Added SO2:  No
ABV: 16%
Winemaking: Hand harvested, destemmed, fermented in old oak foudres, aged for 18 months in 500L foudres and 24 months in stainless steel tanks. 653 bottles produced.

About Ormiale

Founded in 2007 by Fabrice and Jasper, Ormiale began as a deeply personal project rooted in curiosity, patience, and a desire to work outside convention. Based in an old limestone quarry in the heart of Saint-Émilion, the estate operates beyond appellation constraints, allowing complete freedom in both the vineyard and the cellar.

Farming is thoughtful and hands-on, while winemaking follows a low-intervention approach: native fermentations, no fining or filtration, and extended ageing that often stretches over years. Some cuvées evolve slowly on lees or under a veil of yeast, developing texture and quiet complexity over time. One might argue, Fabrice is an artist and grape juices is his medium of choice for this project.

Ormiale’s wines are unforced and expressive, offering an intimate, alternative vision of not just wines from Bordeaux but wines in itself, one shaped by trust in the land, the vintage, and time itself.

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