Pessac-Léognan · vintage 2012
Domaine de Chevalier 2012
Ageing potential20 years and more
Why this vintage
- The 2012 vintage in Pessac-LéognanA late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
- Ageing potential20 years and more
The 2012 vintage in Pessac-Léognan
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
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 2012 vintage
- 65 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 30 % Merlot
- 5 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 63 % cabernet sauvignon, 30 % merlot, 5 % petit verdot, 2 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 30 hl/haYield
- 25 yrsVine age
- 100,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Vatting by gravity, without pumping. Alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. Manual punching down. Maceration at 30-32°C for 2 to 3 weeks.
Ageing
Aged in barrels for 16 to 20 months.
Terroir
The overall structure of the Chevalier soils takes the form of a layer of black gravelly sand with an average thickness of 60 to 90 cm. Variations in the thickness and depth of the gravel vein create a mosaic of soils that calls for very fine plot-by-plot management, even though the whole shows an evident homogeneity. Overall, these soils are acidic, poor and very free-draining. The very rich subsoil is made up of a clay-gravel base mixed with alios (iron pan), into which the vine roots deeply, thus overcoming the water variations caused by the climate. Vine growth and grape ripening therefore proceed in a remarkably regular manner.
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Texts and documents 2012
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Visuals
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