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Wine Description
The Story
Combining balance and complexity, the white wine is fresh and elegant, whereas the red wine is round, fruity, and distinguished.
- Harvesting: By hand,into small crates to avoid bruising. Sorting before and after destemming. No crushing. The grapes arrive on a conveyor belt.
- Fermentation: Red: In temperature-controlled wooden and concrete vats. - White: In temperature-controlled stainless steel vats.
- Duration of barrel ageing: Red: In ...
Wine Information
Harvest dates
21/09 to 05/10/2015
Yield
40 hl/ha
Winemaking
in wooden and concrete vats for 22 days. Extraction by pigeage (punching down the cap)
Ageing
in new oak barrels (40%) on the lees for 18 months
Bottling
Château-bottled from the 10th and 13th of July 2017
Blending
50% Merlot, 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc
Alcoholic degree
13.5%
Vintage 2015
Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.
2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...
