The 2021 vintage in Pessac-Léognan
Vintage benchmark: 86/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pessac-Léognan. 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 2021 vintage
- 58 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 28 % Merlot
- 7 % Cabernet franc
- 7 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 45 % cabernet sauvignon, 45 % merlot, 5 % petit verdot, 5 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2021 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 40 hl/haYield
- 25 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats, average duration 10 days. 30 batches.
Ageing
40% new oak, in Bordeaux barrels - 15 to 18 months
Terroir
A great terroir is a gift of Nature shaped by the work of men. The product of an original geological past, the Garonne gravel ridge of Château Carbonnieux has been under vine for more than seven centuries. The diversity of the soils along the slopes of this gravel "bean" offers a wide range of expression capable of producing exceptional white and red wines. Such a geological foundation guarantees complexity and breadth in the wines of this Pessac-Léognan Cru Classé. Today, the Carbonnieux estate covers 170 hectares of land at the gates of Bordeaux, of which the vines occupy 92 hectares in a single block, divided equally between red and white varieties.
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Texts and documents 2021
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