Vignobles de Larose

Gironde

2015

Château Arnauld

Haut-Médoc

$ EUR

Release Price

Drink Window

13.5%

ABV

3.41

pH

3.9

TA

RS

Growing Conditions

After a rather mild winter without too much rain and a cool start to spring, bud burst started at the beginning of April and was drawn out because of the cool temperatures and a lack of water. This was followed by a very long period of drought from the beginning of May until the middle of véraison, leading to fears for the yield because at the start of véraison the berries were very much smaller than normal (at least 20 to 30%). As from mid véraison, very wet weather followed up until harvest, with cumulative rainfall from July to the end of October of 263.5 mm, an abnormally high quantity not seen in recent years. The berries became larger as from the end of véraison, returning to their normal size.

Harvest

Started on September 19th

Winemaking

100% manual harvest with sorting on the vine and two sortings before destemming on harvest conveyor.

Aging

100% new barrel ageing for 16 to 18 months.

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