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Château MOULIN RICHE 2016 SAINT JULIEN MAGNUM

Grapes: 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 11% Petit Verdot.

Located northwest of the Saint Julien appellation, Château Moulin Riche consists of 20 hectares of vines. From these terroirs are born wines of pure delicacy, which no less reflect the elegant and structured style of the appellation.

This château was first the second wine of Château Léoville Poyferré before becoming independent in 2009 and claiming to be a Grand Vin in its own right.

Château MOULIN RICHE 2016 SAINT JULIEN 

Grapes: 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 11% Petit Verdot.

Located northwest of the Saint Julien appellation, Château Moulin Riche consists of 20 hectares of vines. From these terroirs are born wines of pure delicacy, which no less reflect the elegant and structured style of the appellation.

This château was first the second wine of Château Léoville Poyferré before becoming independent in 2009 and claiming to be a Grand Vin in its own right.

Château LE CROCK SAINT ESTEPHE 2016 Magnum
EXCEPTIONAL CRU BOURGEOIS


Wine merchants in Lille since 1804, the Cuvelier family set foot in the Bordeaux vineyards by acquiring Château Le Crock in 1903. They then bought Châteaux Léoville Poyferré (2nd Grand Cru Classé) and Moulin Riche in Saint-Julien. in 1920.

In 1947 Max Cuvelier moved to Bordeaux and created a second trading house: H. Cuvelier & Fils. His eldest son, Didier, has been in charge of the daily management of the family properties since 1979. For 40 years, he presided over the destinies of the estates, bringing the same care and the same search for precision in the development of wines in Saint-Julien as in Saint - Estephe.

In 2018, Sara Lecompte Cuvelier (cousin of Didier) took up the torch, leading Château Le Crock on the path to excellence.

Château Le Crock has 32 hectares of vines on an exceptional terroir made up of gravel, sand on the surface and clay in the subsoil.

Grapes: 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. 

YQUEM Castle 2018

Cru Classé Sauternes
Grapes 80% Sémillon 20% Sauvignon Blanc

Details Domain

It is in 1596 that Jacques Sauvage, a notable, is granted the rights of simple tenure of Yquem. The Sauvage family undertakes the construction of the castle and begins the selection of parcels of the vineyard. In 1711 the family is then ennobled under the reign of Louis XIV and becomes the happy owner of right of the castle of Yquem. A few years later the heiress of the Sauvage family, Francoise Joséphine marries Count Louis Amédée de Lur Saluces who unfortunately will die of a 3 horse fall years later in 1788. Francoise Joséphine then takes responsibility for the whole area. With a master hand it is she who elaborates the creation of the cellars and which transforms the domain into a real wine company. His work is rewarded in 1855 by raising the estate to the rank of superior premier cru. Since the estate is still in the hands of the descendants of the Lur Saluces family and after a few difficult years in the 70 years, Alexandre Lur Saluces, supported by the LVMH group (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), perpetuates the name of Yquem admirably and preserves a heritage of more than four centuries.

Owner

Bernard Arnault - LVMH Group and Director Count Alexandre de Lur Saluces

winemaking

Manual harvesting of berries with Botrytis-Cinerea (noble rot) of minimal richness 20 ° potential alcohol. The harvest is carried out grain by grain by successive "tries" (on average, 6 tries spread over 6 weeks). Fermentation and aging in new oak barrels. No chaptalisation. Aging during 3,5 years before bottling.

Terroir

Graves, sands, clays, permeable limestone

Area

103 hectares in production.

Production capacity

Between 60 000 and 120 000 bottles by vintage. On average (over 20 years), 8 hectoliters per hectare (one glass per vine).

Comments

Admired worldwide since the 18th century, Château d'Yquem remains the largest of the great liqueurs of Bordeaux. Its refinement, the exquisite perfection of its balance and its power have no equivalent. The excellence of this premier cru classé is undoubtedly due to the draconian selections practiced and to a unique breeding

CHATEAU DU PETIT PUCH 2016 GRAVES DE VAYRES

In 2000, under the guidance of an internationally renowned oenologist, the cellars of the Petit Puch castle have been completely rebuilt with a view to optimal quality research.

The raisin is defined by plot at the best possible maturity, avoiding over-maturation which is detrimental to the finesse of the aromas.

It is loaded into the vats respecting the topography of these plots in order to allow good traceability, a guarantee of long-lasting quality.

Fermentations

The fermentation tanks are made of stainless steel, small capacity and thermo-regulated. The alcoholic fermentation is done in open vats, under temperature control, with punching down morning and evening. The pigeage is a manual mixing of the marc and the must which allows the smoothest extraction of the tannins, the fruit and the aromas of the grape.

After the alcoholic fermentation the wine is withdrawn and the marc pressed. The Château du Petit Puch uses a small vertical cage press which limits astringency and the herbaceous taste gives high quality press wines. They will then serve to assemble the final vintages.
During the alcoholic fermentation which is the transformation of natural sugar into alcohol, it was necessary to prevent the temperature from rising too high so as not to destroy the natural fermentation yeasts.

Conversely, the second fermentation, the malolactic which is a natural biological deacidification of wine must be conducted under a minimum temperature. It is conducted in vats and gives the new wine its mellow and fleshy.

livestock

After one or more rackings to remove the lees, the wine is barreled, ie put into barrels during the winter. It stays twelve months in oak barrels renewed by thirds to be finally blended and prepared for bottling.

The cellars of the Petit Puch castle, housed in buildings from the 14th and 15th century incorporate the most advanced oenological techniques and are subject to a drastic hygiene control. 
It is this quality chain managed by a passionate team that produces a powerful wine, well balanced, velvety and long in the mouth, a pleasure to taste.

Varietals 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon & Franc

LES HAUTS DE CHAMBRUN 2019 LALANDE DE POMEROL 75CL

The Chambrun property was created between the wars by the Chollet family. It was then known as “Clos de Chambrun”. The name “Chambrun” comes from the main parcel of the vineyard then called “Champ brun”.

In 1994, Jean-Philippe Janoueix bought the plot of 1.70 hectares and renamed the property "Château de Chambrun".
In May 2007, Silvio Denz, a famous Swiss businessman, bought Chambrun and enlarged it with a selection of quality plots increasing the area to 5.14 hectares.
In September 2015, Château Moncets, an important property of the AOC Lalande de Pomerol, acquired the Chambrun vineyard. At the same time, a little over 3 hectares of qualitative Merlot were bought up to bring the Chambrun vineyard to 8.84 hectares.
In 2019, 5 hectares of the famous Néac plateau were bought and thus completed the fragmented establishment of this dynamic 13.84-hectare vineyard.

Grape varieties: 83% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc

Château du Taillan has been a family property since 1896, but today it is above all a modern story, told by women. Five sisters hold the reins of the Château located at the gates of Bordeaux and the Médoc. Each with their own personality, they write the history of the property and perpetuate this passion for viticulture and this historical heritage. It is under this feminine aura that Château du Taillan has been able to renew itself over time. 

Grapes: 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc.

The origins of Château Haut-Bergey date back to the 15th century.
Today the estate counts 40 hectares located in the heart of Léognan, high place of the Graves and the Pessac-Léognan appellation

Sylviane Garcin-Cathiard and her husband Gaston took over the property in 1991 to modernize it and give it a new impetus.
Twenty years later, their son Paul Garcin, with his team (Anne-Laurence de Gramont, Cultural Director and François Prouteau, Maître de Chai), is working to create, from his sensibility as a musician, an artistic wine that resembles him. through a biological and biodynamic culture.
The terroir of rare complexity allows the making of great red wines The Château Haut-Bergey red is composed of 37 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. 

Castle Montlandrie is a vineyard of 12 hectares constituted from the end of the 19th century by an Italian family. Denis Durantou who has many areas - Clinet Church, The Chenade, St. Ayme in particular - bought Montlandrie in 2009. from Pomerol.

In this area as in others, Denis Durantou works with passion and rigor, which has raised him in the closed circle of influential men from the Right Bank.