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Wine Description
The Story
Combining power and freshness, the wines of Château d’Aiguilhe succeed in expressing the terroir's strong personality, and show very well after 5 years in bottle.
- Harvesting: By hand, into small crates to avoid bruising. Sorting before and after destemming. No crushing. The grapes are put into vats by gravity flow.
- Fermentation: In temperature-controlled wooden and concrete vats for 25 to 30 days depending on the vintage. Extracti...
Wine Information
Harvest dates
23/09 to 08/10/2015
Yield
30 hl/ha
Winemaking
in wooden vats for 30 days. Extraction by pneumatic pigeage (punching down the cap)
Ageing
in new oak barrels (30%) on the lees for 14 months. No fining
Bottling
Château-bottled in March 2017 (27/03 to 29/03)
Blending
85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc
Alcoholic degree
14,5%
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...
