APPELLATION & CLASSIFICATION

Médoc A.O.C.
Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
Member of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux
Member of the Académie du Vin de Bordeaux
STAFF
Manager & owner : Frédéric Le Clerc – PAGES Family
Oenologists : Jacques & Éric Boissenot

TERROIR

Area Planted : 75 hectares
Soil : Graves over hardpan-subsoil
The Gironde estuary and the ocean nearby provide plenty of air flow,
which concentrates the qualities of the grape and ensures that the
vines are constantly healthy.

BLEND

65% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit-Verdot
Average Age of Vineyard : 40 years

CULTIVATING / MATURING

Traditional and environment friendly methods are performed according to the rules of the art, the wines are never too heavily laden with fruit, not allowed to produce high yields.
Vinification
After 10 months maturing in wooden vats, and 12 months ageing in french oak barrels the fining is performed traditionally with egg-whites in barrels and vats.

PRODUCTION

Yield : 48 hectolitres/ha
Spacing : 6 600 plants/ha
Volume : 36 000 cases

TASTING NOTES

This intense red colour announces a beautiful maturity of the grape. A very pure and complex nose which is dominated by notes of mature red fruits. In mouth, it presents a round ample attack followed by a very rich and perfecttly balanced tannic structure, and finishing on delicate and sophisticated flavours