Nose

The 2014 vintage, generous, gave birth to powerful and elegant wines with a beautiful aromatic complexity and a nice freshness.

Growing Conditions

Thanks to the mild weather conditions of spring 2014, the flowering was fast and homogenous raising winegrowers’ optimism. Alternating between sunny days and cool nights, the month of July contributes to the berries’ healthy development. Starting in August, the hopes for a nice vintage unfortunately give way to anxiety. Only a miracle can save the vintage ... the months of September and October exceeded our expectations! Typical of an Indian summer, sunshine and warm temperatures enabled us to harvest with calm and confidence and to pick beautiful grapes.

Harvest

 Soil: Garonne gravels from the quaternary period
 Average age of vines: 24 years old
 Planting density : 7200 vines/ha Sustainable viticulture
 Bud pruning, desuckering, deleafing and green harvest when necessary

Bottling

Egg-white fining
 No filtering before bottling

Winemaking

 Harvest: manual and by machine
 Double sorting: mechanical then manual on a vibrating table
 Vinification plot by plot; fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks (40 to 180 hl). Post fermentation maceration between 20 and 26 days. Malolactic fermentation: 30% done in new oak barrels
 Aging : 12 months in oak barrels; 30% new oak Follow-up of barrels' quality: blind testing every 4 months.  Racking every 4 months