Jean Faure Cedar 2020 75cl

Château D'arvouet Montagne Saint Emilion 2019 75cl


The Vieux Bayard-Arvouet vineyard is located in Bordeaux, in the middle of the most prestigious terroirs of Libourne and in the north-eastern extension of Saint-Émilion on the right bank of the Garonne and the Dordogne.

This charming property of 4 hectares is located on the place of Arvouet.
Its surface is in one piece and presents a traditional right bank grape variety.

Grapes : Merlot 70%, Cabernet Sauvignon 15%, Cabernet Franc 15%. 

This wine presents a dress of a beautiful deep purple color, a very accessible fruity and vanilla nose at the same time. The palate illustrates Merlot on predominantly clay soil, it is supple, generous and delicate. This wine is a delicacy of ripe fruit with melted, balanced and suave tannins.

Château Milens 2015 Saint Emilion Grand Cru 75cl

Grapes 70% Merlot 30% Cabernet franc
Second Wine Tour of the Seeme

winemaking

In the vineyard a real work of goldsmith, completely manual (rigorous size in double guyot, disbudding, suckering, 2 stripping, a first green harvest before veraison and a second after) allows to obtain a scarce harvest but a great quality. The harvest is of course entirely manual and made in crates with only one layer of grapes to avoid crushing. Severe sorting is done in the vineyard to eliminate all the berries that could reduce the quality of the wine.
Sweet vattings under temperature control favoring the elegance of the wine are made during twenty days.
The aging is done in barrels of fine-grained French oak (50% new barrels, 50% barrels of a wine).

Production capacity

1300 crates

Comments

Château MILENS is characterized by the balance of its ripe tannins that bring freshness to an imposing flesh and a bright fruitiness. The length in the mouth is of a beautiful intensity with a melted finish. A great connoisseur wine to discover and to make known.

Chateau CANON LA GAFFELIERE 2020
1st Grand Cru Classé Saint Emilion
Grapes 50% Merlot 40% Cabernet Franc 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

• Average age of the vineyard: 50

Located at the foot of the hill south of the medieval village of Saint-Emilion, the terroir is made up of clay-limestone and clay-sandy soils.

The grape variety has an atypical structure with regard to the appellation, characterized by a perfect balance between Merlot and Cabernet. On this terroir, maturation takes place very early, the Cabernets blossom in a remarkable way, the Merlots a power and an aromatic complexity which underpin the natural elegance and finesse of the wines of Canon La Gaffelière.

Le Clos de l'Oratoire, perched on the north-eastern hillside of Saint-Émilion, extends over approximately 13 hectares. Its Fronsac molasse terroir, composed of a sandy layer resting on a clay subsoil, offers ideal conditions for Merlot, which dominates 80% of its plantation.

Careful attention is paid throughout the year to preserve the integrity of this vineyard.

Vinification takes place exclusively in thermoregulated wooden vats. The wood, in perfect symbiosis with the wine, allows it to fully reveal its qualities in terms of color and flavor.

Each vat is treated in a specific way, with controlled temperatures and delicate pumping over, with a constant concern to respect the grapes and their potential.

Château Milens 2016 Magnum Saint Emilion Grand Cru

Saint Emilion Grand Cru Red
Grapes 70% Merlot 30% Cabernet franc
Second Wine Tour of the Seeme

winemaking

In the vineyard a real work of goldsmith, completely manual (rigorous size in double guyot, disbudding, suckering, 2 stripping, a first green harvest before veraison and a second after) allows to obtain a scarce harvest but a great quality. The harvest is of course entirely manual and made in crates with only one layer of grapes to avoid crushing. Severe sorting is done in the vineyard to eliminate all the berries that could reduce the quality of the wine.
Sweet vattings under temperature control favoring the elegance of the wine are made during twenty days.
The aging is done in barrels of fine-grained French oak (50% new barrels, 50% barrels of a wine).

Grapes

Château MILENS is usually composed of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc.

Production capacity

1300 crates

Château JEAN FAURE 2019 SAINT EMILION GRAND CRU CLASS

A historic premier cru, appearing in the middle of the 18th century on the first cartography of the great Bordeaux terroirs, Château Jean Faure has survived the ages with consistency. Formerly attached to Figeac, Jean Faure has not changed in area since the beginning of the 19th century.

Château Jean Faure claims more than 50% Cabernet-franc. Unique grape variety in Saint-Émilion but very close to that of the mythical vintages of Cheval Blanc and Figeac. This composition: 50% Cabernet Franc, 45% Merlot and 5% Malbec inclines the cru towards elegance and freshness.

Historic 18 hectare vineyard, CHÂTEAU JEAN FAURE is rooted in a magnificent terroir of clay and iron dross composed of a dominant Cabernet Franc (50%). Xavier Choné, Agricultural engineer and Doctor of Oenology, carried out a large-scale pedological study on the soil of Château Jean Faure by having 30 surveys carried out. It summarizes the geology and the relief of the vineyard of Château Jean Faure: “80% of the surface of the vineyard of Château Jean Faure presents a very clayey subsoil which appears from 30 to 100 cm in depth. The roots can go down to 150 to 200 cm deep.

La Mauriane is not a domain or castle name, it is  from different selected plots  from Château Rigaud, a well-known terroir of the Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion appellation.
Pierre Taix launched this wine with the 1997 vintage.

These are 2 plots, i.e. 4,33 hectares – 75% of  Merlot  et 25% of  cabernet franc  - 

The name of DEspagne is attached to the land of Saint-Émilion; there are documents showing the presence of the Despaignes in the XNUMXth^th and XIV^th century.
Today the seventh generation of the same family represented by François DEspagne runs this cru and perpetuates with respect these values ​​inherited.
Located north of the Saint-Emilion appellation, bordering Pomerol, the vineyard of Château Grand Corbin-DEspagne is found on two main types of soil: clay-sandy-siliceous with iron grime and ancient superficial sands on compact blue clays.

Petit Corbin-DEspagne is a selection of lots from vines between 10 and 20 years old.

Grapes 80% Merlot - 20% Cabernet-Franc 

Tour du Sème 2016 Saint Emilion Grand Cru MagnumSaint Emilion Grand Cru 

2 th Château Milens Wine

Details Domain

Tour du Sème, the little brother of Château Milens, is made with the same care as its predecessor: the management of the vines, manual harvesting, partial vinification in small thermo-regulated vats.

Also coming from low yields, the will is to focus on balance and freshness while maintaining a good concentration.

The selection is done by the choice of plots, the youngest are for the Tour du Sème, the aging is done in barrels of second wine (Milens).

Tour du Sème 2016 75 cl Saint Emilion Grand cru Red
2 th Château Milens Wine

In some foreign markets, Clos Gaffelière is sold under the Dame Gaffelière label.
The second wine of Château La Gaffelière has a specific vat and cellar.