| Chateau La Grange de Grenet is contiguous with Ch. Cap de Merle, Alain and Jean-Marie Bel’s home estate in Lussac St-Emilion. Grange is a delicious Bordeaux wine that represents excellent value. The Bels use no wood in vinifying La Grange de Grenet, so the pure, rich, spicy Merlot dominant fruit comes through directly upon tasting. The winery’s excellent plateau vineyard on sandstone soil assures optimal ripeness of fruit and supple tannins. |
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| 80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc 10% Cabernet Sauvignon Location: In the commune of Lussac St-Emilion, 5 miles north-east of the town of St-Emilion, at the border of the Cap de Merle vineyard. Climate: Atlantic climate – humid in winter and warm and dry in Spring and Summer. Soil: the vineyard is a plateau on a silt, clay and sand soil. The subsoil has traces of iron-oxide, mixed with clay. Altitude: 30 meters Average age of vines: 20 years. Vineyard size: 4 hectares Density of plantation: 6000 vines per hectare. Pruning: simple Guyot. Yield: 60 hectares per hectoliter. Vineyard practice: “lutte-raisonee” Average harvest dates: 25 September for the Merlot and 8 October for the Cabernet. Yeasts: only indigenous, to preserve typicity of the wine Maceration period: 8 to 10 days Maturation: stainless steel tanks for 10 months Assemblage: 4 months after harvest. Bottling: 10 months after harvest |
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