Description
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux, St. Emilion
Variety: 85% Merlot; 15% Cabernet Franc
Terroir: 10 % plateau of clay-limestone on chalk; 55 % terraces with southerly aspect with thin clay-silt soil on chalk; 25 % clay-limestone of alluvial origin in the slope; 10 % sandy clay at base of slope
Winemaking: 100% hand-picked from avg of 35 yr old vines; destemming but no crushing or pumping; parcels vinified separately in concrete tanks; vatting: 25-28 days; aged 16 to 18 months in barrels (75% new, 25% 1-year-old; extraction by pump-over and pushing-down; malolactic fermentation in barrel; stirring of lees after malolactic fermentation; reductive aging on lees: first racking after 6 to 10 months (before 2014 summer), second racking one year later before bottling
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