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  • Weather

    10° C Overcast clouds
  • Time

    08:06 AM
  • Wine average?

    95 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    89
  • Region Ranking?

    44
  • Popularity ranking?

    233

History

Dany and Michel Rolland are the heirs to a solid family wine tradition. Both have degrees in Oenology from the University of Bordeaux, and they know the Fronsac appellation well. Having been consultants to numerous estates in the region, they decided to set up there and make wine.

So, in 1986, they acquired a few hectares in the commune of Saillans, which they called Château Fontenil, after the name of one of the plots in the vineyard. The ...

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Vineyards

The vines are on a slope with a southerly aspect, looking down on the river Isle – a tributary of the Dordogne – and the town of Libourne. This magnificent setting frames an estate whose wines are among those which have enhanced the reputation of the Fronsac appellation.

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Winemaking

Perfectly organised, tradition remains alongside new technologies: small stainless steel and wooden vats, double sorting table, barrel stock of which 60% are renewed each year and where malolactic fermentation is carried out – yield control from pruning the vines until green harvesting- sustainable viticulture, manual harvesting plot by plot using small crates.

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5 different wines with 17 vintages

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