Chateau Monbousquet 2010
- Producer Chateau Monbousquet
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Emilion
- UPC 0 15643 42463 2
Geological characteristics
32 hectares with greatly diverse terroirs:
- sandy and sandy-clay soil with ironpan at a depth of 60-80 m
- sandy-gravel soil
- sandy-clay soil
- sandy and sandy-clay soil with ironpan at a depth of 60-80 m
- sandy-gravel soil
- sandy-clay soil
Viticulture
Pruned to six spurs, green harvesting, leaf thinning, picking and sorting by hand.
Ageing
18-24 months in new oak barrels with racking every 3 months. The final blending is done just before bottling, and the wine is neither fined nor filtered.
Fermentation
The old fermentation cellar was recently rebuilt and now houses temperaturecontrolled
stainless steel vats. A new ageing cellar was also built.
