VIGNOBLES PUEYO Tellus Vinea 2007
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| Colour | Red | ||
| Category | Still wine | ||
| Type | Blended wine | ||
| Country | France/Bordeaux/Saint Emilion | ||
| Appellation | BORDEAUX | ||
| Vintage | 2007 | ||
| Classification | AOC (vin d'Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) | ||
| Format | 750 ml (heavy bottle) | ||
| Grape varieties | Merlot + Cabernet Franc | ||
| Terroir | Graves | ||
| Climate | Océanic | ||
| The year’s weather | Apart from a chilly January (snow), the winter was mild and dry. At the end of February and during March the weather was rainy and mild with buds appearing at the end of March. April was hot and dry; the vegetation was two weeks early. Beginning of flowering on May 13 in a wet climate; it was irregular but acceptable. The summer period did not have any really good weather, so there was a deficit of sunshine. Fortunately, Septembre was fine with cool temperatures at night which allowed the grapes to mature slowly. A strict sorting of the temperatures at night which allowed the grapes to mature slowly. A strict sorting of the harvest at the vine and in the cellar let us bring in only healthy ripe grapes (20% extra work) | ||
| 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 | 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 2008) | ||
| Bottle | BSN PATRIMOINE (oak-leaf colour) | ||
| Cork | First quality natural cork (Catalonia) | ||
| Label | Adhesive paper. | ||
| Capsule | Aluminium stamped and personalized “VIGNOBLES PUEYO” | ||
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| Cellaring | 6-7 years | ||
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