VIGNOBLES PUEYO Château La Fleur Garderose 2004
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| Colour | Red | ||
| Category | Still wine | ||
| Type | Blended wine | ||
| Country | France/Bordeaux/Saint Emilion | ||
| Appellation | Saint Emilion Grand Cru | ||
| Vintage | 2004 | ||
| Classification | AOC (vin d'Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) | ||
| Format | 750 ml (heavy bottle) | ||
| Grape varieties | Merlot + Cabernet Franc + Cabernet Sauvignon | ||
| Terroir | Graves | ||
| Climate | Oceanic | ||
| The year’s weather | The winter was mainly cool, followed by a wet spring which meant the vegetation was late in relation to previous years, but normal if looked at over a thirty-year period. A hailstorm on May 20th fell on some plots causing damage and lateness in the vegetation. Flowering started at the beginning of June, quickly and evenly. Globally the summer was wet leading to an unevenness in ripening, but fortunately September was sunny, if cool. At the harvesting on September 27th it was imperative that we sort the harvest rigorously to only bring in healthy grapes. | ||
| Type of harvesting | Hand picking. | ||
| Vinification | Cold maceration prior to fermentation for 72 hours, then alcoholic fermentation for 8-10 days at 28°, then maceration for about a week, followed by a free run with separation of the free run from the press wine. | ||
| Ageing | 25% of this wine is put into French oak casks for a year, the rest into vats. About every two months it is drawn off in order to clarify and stabilize it by adjusting the amount of sulphur which is an essential element in keeping the wine. Blending enables a unique wine to be created from the different grape varieties. | ||
| Bottling | Some time before this operation the wine is naturally fined (clarified) with egg white. At the bottling stage we filter for a second time to remove all undesirable elements still in suspension. (MAY 2006) | ||
| Bottle | BSN PATRIMOINE (bottom engraved with the logo Vignobles Pueyo) | ||
| Cork | First quality natural cork (Portugal) | ||
| Label | Adhesive Matisset paper. | ||
| Capsule | Aluminium stamped and personalized “VIGNOBLES PUEYO” | ||
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| Cellaring | 10 years without any problem | ||
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