Château La Grâce Dieu
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Vineyard
- Surface: 13 hectares
- Terroir: Argilo-limestone on the Asteria Limestone Plateau (adjacent to the Crus Classés at the gates of the City), and siliceous clay
- Planting density: 6,000 and 8,000 vines/ha
- Pruning: Single and mixed Guyot
- Grape varieties: 80 % Merlot, 20 % Cabernet Franc
- Average age of vines: 25 years
- Soil work: Ploughing, no chemical weedkiller
- Average yield: 45 hl/ha
Vineyard
- Surface: 13 hectares
- Terroir: Argilo-limestone on the Asteria Limestone Plateau (adjacent to the Crus Classés at the gates of the City), and siliceous clay
- Planting density: 6,000 and 8,000 vines/ha
- Pruning: Single and mixed Guyot
- Grape varieties: 80 % Merlot, 20 % Cabernet Franc
- Average age of vines: 25 years
- Soil work: Ploughing, no chemical weedkiller
- Average yield: 45 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: Sensible pumping over, according to the vintage, allows the tannins and the colour of the grapes to be gently extracted
- Vatting time: 18 days on average
- Ageing: 16 months in French oak barrels (1/3 new, 1/3 of 1 wine and 1/3 of 2 wines) for half the harvest and the other half in temperature-controlled concrete vats
- Bottling: At the Château
Vinification
- Harvest: Manual with a sorting table in the cellar
- Vinification: Sensible pumping over, according to the vintage, allows the tannins and the colour of the grapes to be gently extracted
- Vatting time: 18 days on average
- Ageing: 16 months in French oak barrels (1/3 new, 1/3 of 1 wine and 1/3 of 2 wines) for half the harvest and the other half in temperature-controlled concrete vats
- Bottling: At the Château
Cuvée Passion 2 Femmes du Château La Grâce Dieu
