La Fleur du Prieuré
Saint-Émilion
Vineyard
- Surface: 0,80 hectare
- Terroir: Sandy-clay and clay-limestone
- Planting density: 6,000 vinestocks/ha
- Pruning: Single Guyot
- Grape varieties: 100 % Merlot
- Average age of vines: 25 years
- Soil work: Ploughing, no chemical weedkiller
- Average yield: 51 hl/ha
Vineyard
- Surface: 0,80 hectare
- Terroir: Sandy-clay and clay-limestone
- Planting density: 6,000 vinestocks/ha
- Pruning: Single Guyot
- Grape varieties: 100 % Merlot
- Average age of vines: 25 years
- Soil work: Ploughing, no chemical weedkiller
- Average yield: 51 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, carried out with the objective of preserving the fruit
- Vatting time: 18 days
- Ageing: 12 months (50% in French oak barrels of 2 wines 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, carried out with the objective of preserving the fruit
- Vatting time: 18 days
- Ageing: 12 months (50% in French oak barrels of 2 wines and the other half in temperature-controlled concrete vats)
- Bottling: At the Château
La Cuvée Passion 2 Femmes du Château La Grâce Dieu
