Saint-Émilion · vintage 2008
Why this vintage
- The 2008 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionA luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields.
- Limited production56 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2008 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 90/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Blend of the 2008 vintage
- 70 % Merlot
- 24 % Cabernet franc
- 6 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2008 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 80 % merlot, 20 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2008 sheet
- 12 % vol.Alcohol
- 32 hl/haYield
- 38 yrsVine age
- 56,000 bottlesProduction
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Winemaking
Sorting is carried out on three successive sorting tables (two before destemming, one after). Vatting takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats and in new 600-litre barrels, for an average of 30 days (at 28 to 32°C). Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels.
Ageing
16 months, 65% in new barrels, 35% in ageing vats, amphoras and 20 hl oak casks.
Terroir
The estate covers 15.92 ha and produces around 56,000 bottles a year. The soil is particularly suited to producing a wine of very high quality. It is characterised by a high concentration of clay-limestone with starfish fossils (calcaire à astéries) and is also hollowed out by galleries where the wines are stored. The vineyard is planted 70% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, with vines averaging 40 years of age. Yields range between 30 and 38 hl/ha.
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Texts and documents 2008
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Visuals
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