The 2018 Vintage Report
2018 was a challending year with outstanding results.
After a winter with temperatures slightly below the ten-year average and regular rainfall between December and March (just over 500mm), rainy weather continued in March with lower than average temperatures lower.
Bud break started late, around April 10th, with consistent budding. Flowering started rather early, around May 25th for the Merlots, and took place ...
Château Petit-Village is a jewel set in the highest part of the magnificent terroir of the Pomerol plateau, on deep gravel and clay soils with a ferrous base in the heart of the appellation.
The past few years have seen major renovations and changes at Château Petit-Village. Significant replanting of the vineyard had occurred, with the long term aim of maximising quality. Short term this means that quantities of Château Petit-Village are lo...
Producing a great wine involves an infinite capacity for taking pains, an obsessive attention to hundreds of small details.
All year round, the team at Château Petit-Village carefully carries out all the traditional work on the vines, such as pruning and shoot removal, leaf stripping and green harvesting, to make sure there are fewer grapes in each bunch, but that those grapes are more concentrated in substance and tannins.
This work dem...
When the harvest is brought into the vat-house, it has already beensorted carefully. Any damaged or insufficiently ripe grapes are eliminated. Then there is a second sorting process before they are de-stemmed and lightly crushed.
Then comes meticulous plot-by-plot vinification for 25 days in temperature-controlled vats that allow personalised handling. From 2007 onwards, we also started pigeage. This involves pushing the cap of solids down ...
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