Chateau Monbousquet 2014
- Producer Chateau Monbousquet
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Emilion
- UPC 0 15643 47330 2
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.
Estate
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
Vinification
The old fermentation cellar was recently rebuilt and now houses temperaturecontrolled stainless steel vats. A new ageing cellar was also built.
