Chateau La Couspaude 2005
- Producer Chateau la Couspaude
- Blend 100% Red Bordeaux Blend
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Emilion
- UPC 0 15643 42846 3
Winery Technical Data
Area under production: 7 hectares.
Grape varieties: 75 % Merlot, 20 % Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Type of soil: Saint-Emilion chalk shelf, clay-limestone.
Grape varieties: 75 % Merlot, 20 % Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Type of soil: Saint-Emilion chalk shelf, clay-limestone.
Vineyard
Vineyard management plot by plot, severe pruning, leaf thining, bunch thining, hand picking into small crates and carefully sorted prior to crushing.
Winemaking
Wooden small fermenting vats, cold maceration, catch the cap by hand, malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels, ageing 18 – 20 months.