VIGNOBLES PUEYO Château Belregard-Figeac 2004 l'Excellence
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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 cool on the whole, followed by a wet spring which caused the vegetation to be late compared to previous years, but this was if looked at over a 30 year period. A hailstorn on My 20 on some plots causing damage and lateness in the vegetation. Flowering started at the beginning on June, quickly and evenly. Globally the summer was wet, so there was unevenness in the ripening. Fortunately, September was sunny but cool. Harvest on September 27. It was imperative to carry out a strict sorting of the harvest to bring in only 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 | 100% of this wine is put into French oak casks more than a year. 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. (September 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 | 20 years | ||
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