Why this vintage
- The 2014 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionThe Indian summer served the cabernet francs better than the merlots: sound, fresh wines, without great depth.
- Limited production54 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2014 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 89/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: The Indian summer served the cabernet francs better than the merlots: sound, fresh wines, without great depth.
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 2014 vintage
- 80 % Merlot
- 16 % Cabernet franc
- 4 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2014 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 2014 sheet
- 30 hl/haYield
- 44 yrsVine age
- 54,000 bottlesProduction
Label
Winemaking
Stainless steel inverted truncated-cone vats of 70 hl.
Plot-by-plot selection.
Manual punch-downs.
Vatting time averages 30 days.
Malolactic fermentation in barrels.
For the fourth consecutive year, we carried out the alcoholic fermentation of part of the production in new 600-litre barrels.
We sorted the grapes berry by berry and crushed them by hand. This allowed us to compare the development of the alcoholic fermentations in vat and in barrel. We are very satisfied with the results: the wines are rounder, more concentrated, with more sweetness, and flavours of fresh red fruit and vanilla.
Ageing
16 months (85% in new barrels, 15% in one-wine barrels).
Food pairings
Grilled pork ribs, herb-roasted pork chops, rib steak, duck fillet with blackcurrant, grilled black pudding. Hard cheeses.
Terroir
On the western plateau of Saint-Emilion, on the former parish of Saint-Martin de Mazerat. Clay-limestone soils. Planting density: 6,600 vines/ha.
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Texts and documents 2014
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