Chateau de la Dauphine 2012
- Producer Chateau de la Dauphine
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Blend
10% Cabernet Franc
90% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Fronsac
- UPC 0 15643 51098 4
Winemaking
Double sorting table before and after destemming, the grapes are gravity fed into tanks.
Extraction : Manual Pumping over of 1 1/2 volumes per day for 10 days with little aeration.
Fermentation at 26 Celsius for 20 days.
Maceration from 30 to 35 days.
vertical pressing with separation of the musts ; P1 - P2 - P3.
Entire Vinification in 20 barrels.
Malolactic fermentation in barrels for 30% of the total harvest.
Maturing of separate batches in oak for 12 months.
Extraction : Manual Pumping over of 1 1/2 volumes per day for 10 days with little aeration.
Fermentation at 26 Celsius for 20 days.
Maceration from 30 to 35 days.
vertical pressing with separation of the musts ; P1 - P2 - P3.
Entire Vinification in 20 barrels.
Malolactic fermentation in barrels for 30% of the total harvest.
Maturing of separate batches in oak for 12 months.
Vineyard
40 Hectares including 6Ha recently acquired on a clayLimestone soil.
Yield : 30Hl/Ha.
Soil : clay-Limestone, clay-silt on fronsac molasse.
Planting density : 6300 vines/Ha.
Average age of the vines : 30 years.
Manual harvesting plot by plot from 4 to 13 October 2012.
Yield : 30Hl/Ha.
Soil : clay-Limestone, clay-silt on fronsac molasse.
Planting density : 6300 vines/Ha.
Average age of the vines : 30 years.
Manual harvesting plot by plot from 4 to 13 October 2012.
