Technical sheet

Cultivation

• Aera : 19.40 ha on 90 plots ensuring the representativeness of the great terroirs of Saint-Estèphe.
• Teroir Soil : Gravel of Gironde
• Average age of vines : 38 years old
• Planting denity : 8333 à 10 000 plants / ha
• Encépagement :
• • 50 % Merlot
  • 48 % Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 2 % Petit Verdot

Vine work

• Culture reasoned on traditional foundations. Respectful of the environment. Mechanical soil work without pesticides, manual stripping
• Reasoned struggle for plant protection – Certification TERRA VITIS
• Manual peeling and thinning
• Harvest: hand-picked from September to October with first rigorous sorting on each foot and second sorting in the vat

Œnology

• Vinification: traditional in small-capacity thermo-regulated stainless steel vats adapted to the parcel
• Vatting time : from 3 to 4 weeks
• Ageing: 100% in French oak barrels fine grains of which 40% new (12 coopers) during 14 months with a traditional egg white collage at the end of ageing
• Bottling : « Au Château », no filtration before bottling
• Average Production : 110 000 bottles
• Consulting Oenologist :
• • Christophe Coupez, Director of the Pauillac laboratory
  • Marco Balsimelli, Eric Boissenot laboratory