FOURAULT COMPANY
37, cours Xavier Arnozan
33000 Bordeaux – France
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Château Le Bonnat – Red

AOC GRAVES ROUGE

Vintage 2003: Guide Gilbert & Gaillard (France) 89/100

Vintage 2001Gold Medal: Concours Général Agricole de Paris 2003

Bronze Medal: Challenge du Vin de Blaye-Bourg 2004

 

Designation Red Graves Appellation
Vineyard Size 50 acres
Soil type Clay-gravel soils over a limestone bedrock
Vine varieties

Cabernet Sauvignon: 50%

Merlot: 50%

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Vinification

Traditional process used for the red, carried out with computer-controlled temperature vats.

Maceration: 3 weeks

Fermentation: 86°F

Daily pumping-over

Maturing Ageing in French oak barrels
Ageing 12 to 14 months. 1/3 new oak barrels.