Chateau Lanessan 2008
- Producer Chateau Lanessan
- Blend Red Bordeaux Blend
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Haut-Medoc
- UPC 0 15643 62588 6
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Item# 1745-08
Tasting notes
A great Bordeaux with an excellent expression of Cabernet. Currants, a touch of pencil shaving, and fleshy tannins. Classy, drinking great now and certainly worthy of further aging.
Description
Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
32 hectares (79 acres) of 30-year-old vines growing in deep Garonne gravel beds.
Mechanically harvested when the fruit is optimally ripe. It is sorted with optical screening equipment. Fermented in coated concrete tanks equipped with temperature control. The winemaking techniques, pumping over, rack and return are used according to the needs of the vintage and the fruit.
Aged 12 months in French oak: 1/3 new, 1/3 one-year-old and 1/3 two-year-old barrels.
Estate
The birth of Chateau Lanessan dates all the way back to 1793, eight generations later, Chateau Lanessan remains in the hands of the Bouteiller family, which are direct descendants of the founder. This is quite a feat for a Chateau located in the Medoc, as most vineyards have changed hands several times. Chateau Lanessan is planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. Out of its 80 hectares, 45 hectares are cultivated with vines. The vineyard is close to the St. Julien appellation.
