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  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
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The Story

The new facilities were designed with a view to optimizing the selection of parcels (wooden and concrete vats with capacities to match the size of each parcel). Vinification is carried out in accordance with the tannic characteristics of the grapes.

The press wines from each vat are separated into barrels before undergoing a selection procedure. This work, based entirely on the tasting of the musts and then the wines, culminates in the subtle alchemy of blending, enabling the fruit of each parcel to transcend in an incomparable ensemble.

The wines are matured in barrels in the cellars at a naturally controlled temperature and humidity. Selection and monitoring of the quality of the barrels, racking procedures, maturing times and the appropriate quantity of egg whites for the fining process are all determined through continuous tasting and analysis.

All of these operations enable the wine to develop and then to age in harmony.

 

• A.O.C: Margaux

• Classification: Second Grand Cru Classé in 1855

• Area: 55 hectares

• Soil: deep gravel from the Quaternary period (Günz and Mindel) with a sand/clay matrix

• Grape varieties: 70% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc , 24% Merlot

• Density of planting: 6,600 to 7,700 vines/hectare

• Vinification: wooden and concrete vats with capacities that enable each parcel to be treated separately

• Maturing: an average of eighteen months in Bordeaux type barrels made from fine grain oak from the forests of central France. 35 to 45 % of the barrels are renewed every year

• Owner: Gonzague Lurton

• Director: Jérôme Héranval

 

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Vintage 2010

Drought and cool temperatures contribute to optimal ripeness

The sum of summer temperatures in 2010 was close to that of summer 2009 (962°C compared to 982°C), but significantly colder than those of 2005, which totaled 1052°C. These cool temperatures had a substantial influence on the balance of our wines, preserving a good level of acidity and an attractive aromatic freshness.

Very little precipitation (only 267 mm) from March to August 2010 generating a drought of similar intensity to that of 2005, when only 227 mm of rain fell.

Another characteristic of the 2010 vintage is the low temperatures especially during the first three weeks of August, which allowed good acidity levels to be preserved in the grapes while maintaining an attractive aromatic freshness.

 

 

 

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Deep ruby. Ripe, jammy, fruity, rich, sweet and spicy nose. Freshish acidity, ripe tannins, rich, intense sweet and jammy, long. 91

 

  • 91p
TASTINGNOTE Durfort-Vvens brukar likt Margaux generellt inte ligga högt på min lista, men detta är kanske bästa vin jag provat från dem på många år. Aristokratiska noter av blommor och kryddor på näsan, frisk men mogen. En tät struktur, stram, kryddiga tanniner, komplex, med massor av Cabernet Sauvignon-karaktär och stor personlighet. Harmoniskt och komplett, en Durfort med en kombination av mjuk kraft och återhållsamhet. Det bästa vin sedan Gonzague Lurton tog över för nästan 20 år sedan. MOGNAD 2017–30.
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