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Chateau de la Dauphine label

Chateau de la Dauphine 2015

Red Wine

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Item# 10176-15

Vineyard

40 Hectares
Yield : 45Hl/Ha
Soil : clay-Limestone, clay-silt on fronsac molasse
90% Merlot
10% Cabernet Franc
Planting density : 6000 vines/Ha
Average age of the vines : 28 years
Manual harvesting plot by plot
from September 15th 2015 to
October 2nd 2014

Vinification

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 for 30 days
Vertical pressing with separation
of the musts ; P1 - P2 - P3
Malolactic fermentation in tanks
Maturing of separate batches in oak for 12 months with 25% of new barrels