Why this vintage
- The 2012 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionMerlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank.
- Limited production42 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2012 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 90/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Merlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank.
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 2012 vintage
- 90 % Merlot
- 10 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 90 % merlot, 10 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 38 hl/haYield
- 30 yrsVine age
- 42,000 bottlesProduction
Label
Winemaking
Hand harvest in small crates from 5th to 13th October 2012. 2 sortings, destemming, crushing. Cold pre-fermentation maceration. 4 pump-overs per day during alcoholic fermentation. Concrete vats coated with epoxy resin, temperature-controlled. Fermentation temperature: 28°. Vatting period of 21/26 days. Malolactic fermentation in barrels. Pneumatic press.
Ageing
100% in French oak barrels with 40% new oak, for 19 months.
Terroir
Clay and clay-sand over an iron-rich clay subsoil.
An offer on Château Corbin 2012
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Texts and documents 2012
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Visuals
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