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Château Talbot

Bordeaux, St. Julien, Ranska

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Historia

“As an ordinary winegrower, who is passionately attached to his vines, I will simply recount the efforts through which these renowned wines are made. They are fundamentally natural and their perfection and beneficial qualities are a source of justified pride for us all. It has been proven time and time again that to be and remain the owner of a renowned estate requires a true aristocracy that is in tune with that of the property and its wines. Everything must be sacrificed to it, the most important being all gain (…). Therefore to be an estate owner means, in a certain way, being in love with it.”Désiré Cordier (1861 – 1940)

 

On the shore of an ocean of vines among its park & tall trees, one  catches sight of Château Talbot in the distance from the plateau of  Saint-Julien-Beychevelle. The estate has a rich history. Its name originates with Connétable  Talbot, a famous English warrior, governor of Guyenne, defeated at the  battle of Castillon in 1453.

In 1855, at the time of the Médoc and Graves growth classifications  ordered by Emperor Napoléon III, Château Talbot was ranked fourth  classified growth of Saint-Julien. For several decades it belonged to  the Marquis of Aux. In 1917 Désiré Cordier acquired it. His son Georges,  then his grandson, Jean, followed him at the head of the estate. Under  their guidance, Talbot became one of the most famous growths in the  Bordeaux region.

 

Upon the death of Jean Cordier during the autumn of 1993 his daughters, Lorraine and Nancy, took over the reins of Talbot. Enriched with the still vivid memory of knowledge and experience of past generations, which preceded them, Lorraine and Nancy formed a team that for more than 15 years animated this Grand Cru with all the talent and respect that it merited. Spring 2011 brought sad news – that of the untimely passing away of Lorraine Cordier. Today, Nancy Bignon Cordier and her husband, Jean-Paul Bignon, pursue the history of Talbot; a long history which has always united with passion the destiny of a family to that of a vineyard.

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Viiniviljelykset

The 107 hectares of the Château Talbot vineyard surround the estate house and stretch north, all the way to the border with the Pauillac appellation. Planted on a terroir of fine Günzian gravel on a core of fossil-rich limestone, which form draining hilltops, one encounters a large majority of red vines (102 hectares) and a small acreage of whites (5 hectares).

Impeccable, the vineyard’s management is one of the Médoc‘s best. The wines, followed up by Nancy Bignon-Cordier, with the valuable advice of enologist Jacques Boissenot and consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt, are consistently rich while remaining extremely elegant. Their open character and well-rounded tannins make it possible to drink them young as well as after prolonged aging. With time they develop a delicate, complex aromatic bouquet with tones of cedar and Havana.

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Viinivalmistus

At Château Talbot, wine is as much a matter of the past as the future; respect for tradition and technological change live in perfect harmony. The alliance of techniques, terroirs, and men working passionately creates harmonious, complex wines of character.

At Chateau Talbot we chose to continue vinification operations in wooden vats, as it was done in the past. Our best grapes ferment and macerate under the excellent conditions provided by the truncated, cone-shaped wooden walls and their isothermal properties. Old-stock grapes are put in these wooden vats whose maintenance requires true know-how. Being easier to clean, the stainless steel vats enable better fermentation management and supply wines whose profiles are complementary to those vinified in wooden vats.

 

Thus, we adapt our wine making and maturing modes to each style of grape which Mother Nature provides each year. Using wooden vats does not reflect a choice of prudent conservatism but rather a technical decision. Besides, what could be more evocative, more impressive when visiting an estate than the sight of such a vat house! Last but not least a wooden vat house offers the perfectionist wine-maker various avenues of research, because each vat is unique (type of wood, vat capacity, varying construction for each maker, as well as methodology in their use). All in all, a wooden vat evokes emotion; it will last for several harvests, whereas a stainless steel vat remains ageless!

 

Barrel cellar

In contrast with the austerity of concrete, here one encounters the curves and warmth of wood. No fewer than 1,800 barrels repose in this monastic atmosphere. Lined up in the cool half-light, the cellar is maintained at 16°, where they mature the wine in every sense of the word. 14 months of aging in 50 to 60 percent new barrels originating from eight different coopers. The choice of cooper, the length of aging, and the pace of racking vary, based on the style and development of the various lots. Regular tasting of the wines determines these choices; aging is adapted to each wooden tank’s character until final blending. Depending on the vintage, Talbot’s top wine represents 50 to 60% of the estate’s production. Rigorous selection enables the production of a second wine, le Connétable Talbot, with an outstanding quality to price ratio.

 

After harvest, blending is one of the most delicate operations. Lots of varying origin must be harmonized. Varieties, parcels, terroirs, age of vines, new or old barrels…many parameters render this operation complex. Nancy Bignon-Cordier and Lorraine Cordier, with the help of oenologist Jacques Boissenot and Stéphane Derenoncourt, seek to attain for each vintage the highest level of complexity for Château Talbot wines.

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Sisäpiiritietoa

Talbot is one of the most famous Médoc wines. Because of its fine reputation and the light of the international success of our “Château TALBOT” wine, we introduced a Certificate of Authenticity.
The tesa VeoMark® solution fits perfectly on our TALBOT wines and guarantees the authenticity of each bottle. The innovative tesa scribos technology provides a unique identity to each single bottle with visible and hidden authentication features.
Using a smartphone, consumers can authenticate the bottle and obtain additional product information in the language of their choice.

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