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  • Weather

    17° C Light rain
  • Time

    17:20 PM
  • Wine average?

    97 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    24
  • Region Ranking?

    16
  • Popularity ranking?

    229

History

One of the most exciting wines made in Pomerol today, Chateau La Violette continues to attract cult status among collectors. This 1.8 hectare property was bought out by Vignobles Péré-Vergé in 2006, already owners of the prestigious Château Le Gay and Château Montviel in the same appellation.

On the heights of the famous Pomerol plateau, referred to as ‘The Saint of Saints’ by world renowned oenologist, Michel Rolland. Château La Violette takes its name from an original and exquisite scent of violets that has forever seduced the finest of palates.
 

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Vineyards

Vineyard management here is meticulous, three days a week are spent manicuring each individual bunch to allow perfect ripening. Harvest’s are conducted in several pickings, the fruit is de-stemmed by hand and yields are kept as low as 18 hectoliters per hectare.

As a result production is only 400 cases a year compared to 700 at neighbouring estate Le Pin, making La Violette one of the hardest and more expensive Pomerol wines to find.

Terroir plays a big part with the vineyard sandwiched between two of the top Pomerol Estates, Le Pin and Trotanoy, lying on a complex mix of clay and limestone with gravel and iron deposits. The wine at its best offers countless layers of dense, rich, opulent dark berry, floral and chocolate tones.

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Winemaking

In the vineyard consisting of 4 plots situated at the top of the plateau, the work is very meticulous with de-budding, green harvesting and leaf thinning depending on the age of the vines and of each individual plot. Since 2006, 2 to 3 pickings are undertaken on the same plot to harvest the grapes. The harvest is all hand-picked in small cartons to keep the grape bunches in impeccable condition before the manual de-stemming that is done by a team of 60 individuals. This is so that only the entire grape berry goes into the new oak barrels.

The vinifications are directly carried out in barrels for 18 months. They are closely followed by the oenologist, Michel Rolland, who adds… “The extraction is significantly slower, therefore softer, the surface area contact between the must and the wood is greater than in the wooden vat. The objective is to produce an unctuous, charming, fleshy wine, in which the complete expression of the fruit is preserved. Pomerol is a jewel that obliges us to go beyond our limits. Our objective is both extraordinarily simple and of an extremely ambitious undertaking: To draw the best from the vines each year, regardless of the weather conditions”.

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