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Chateau Tour Bel Air 2014
Type of vine
50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet-Sauvignon.
On average, the vine is 35 years-old. The older plots of land are 50 years-old, the most recent ones are 10 years-old. The plantation density is homogeneous and approaches 7500 vines per hectare. The two thirds of the plots of land are located in zone of clayey soil, which represents a soil of high quality; the last third on sandier soils.
On average, the vine is 35 years-old. The older plots of land are 50 years-old, the most recent ones are 10 years-old. The plantation density is homogeneous and approaches 7500 vines per hectare. The two thirds of the plots of land are located in zone of clayey soil, which represents a soil of high quality; the last third on sandier soils.
Method
The recently bought-up exploitation (the 1st of November 2006) is traditionally managed; the sanitary treatments, the weeding and the manure are done according to the plant’s needs and from the permanent observation in order to reduce the interventions. Our aim is to obtain a ripe and good-quality wine harvest, reaching the optimum yield which is about 50 hectoliters per hectare.
If it needs to be done, we manually thin out the leaves off, in order to further the grapes maturation.
If it needs to be done, we manually thin out the leaves off, in order to further the grapes maturation.
Wine harvest
A small part of the harvest (very old vines) is done manually, between friends; the rest is harvested by a machine that we own with an other property, which covers the same area. This machine permits us to work precisely to our rhythm, and to harvest at the optimum stage.
