Château La Grâce Dieu
Cuvée Passion 2 Femmes
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Vineyard
- Surface: 0,70 hectare
- Terroir: Clay-limestone on the limestone plateau (asteria limestone subsoil)
- Plating density: 6,000 vines/ha
- Pruning: Mixed Guyot
- Grape varieties: 100 % Merlot
- Average age of vines: 40 years
- Soil work: Ploughing, no chemical weedkiller
- Average yield: 35 hl/ha
Vineyard
- Surface: 0,70 hectare
- Terroir: Clay-limestone on the limestone plateau (asteria limestone subsoil)
- Plating density: 6,000 vines/ha
- Pruning: Mixed Guyot
- Grape varieties: 100 % Merlot
- Average age of vines: 40 years
- Soil work: Ploughing, no chemical weedkiller
- Average yield: 35 hl/ha
Environment
Environment is at the heart of the work in the vineyard:
- Absence of CMR products
- Absence of herbicides
- HVE (High Environmental Value) approach
- Sexual confusion against cluster worms
- Autumn seeding to loosen, decompress, enrich the soil and then used as green manure
Vinification
- Harvest: Manual with a sorting table in the cellar
- Vinification: In the cellar, everything is done to preserve the fruit and obtain a beautiful tannic structure
- Vatting time: 18 days
- Ageing: 18 months in French oak barrels (100% new)
- Bottling: At the Château
Vinification
- Harvest: Manual with a sorting table in the cellar
- Vinification: In the cellar, everything is done to preserve the fruit and obtain a beautiful tannic structure
- Vatting time: 18 days
- Ageing: 18 months in French oak barrels (100% new)
- Bottling: At the Château
