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Chateau Pedesclaux 2014
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Item# 317-14
James Suckling
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Tasting notes
Deep and intense black color. The nose exhibits smoked notes, blackcurrant, chocolate and nutmeg. After aeration, it shows an impressive intensity and reveals notes of Morello cherry and blueberry. The attack is dense and expressive. The palate is full-bodied, very harmonious with ripe soft tannins accompanied by a complex fruit, milky toffee, toasted cocoa. 2014 opens with verve our brand new cellar and its revolutionary installations.
Thanks to all the works done in vines since 2009 and this state-of-the-art winery, 2014 is the reference vintage for Château Pédesclaux.
Technical data
Owners : Jacky and Françoise Lorenzetti
Consultant Oenologist : Eric Boissenot
Total area : 49.7 ha
Production area : 46.7 ha
Density of plantation : 8 500 to 10 000 vine stocks / ha
Average age : 35 years
Terroir : Garonne gravel on limestone bedrock
Grape varieties : 48% Merlot 47% Cabernet Sauvignon 3% Petit Verdot 2% Cabernet Franc
Beginning of harvest : 30 September
End of harvest : 17 October
Blending : 53% Cabernet Sauvignon 47% Merlot
New barrels : 60%
Ageing : 16 months
Yield : 42hL/ha
Proportion of 1st wine : 55%
Alcohol (in % vol.) : 13.91
Acidity (in g/l H2SO4) : 3.5
pH : 3.69
Consultant Oenologist : Eric Boissenot
Total area : 49.7 ha
Production area : 46.7 ha
Density of plantation : 8 500 to 10 000 vine stocks / ha
Average age : 35 years
Terroir : Garonne gravel on limestone bedrock
Grape varieties : 48% Merlot 47% Cabernet Sauvignon 3% Petit Verdot 2% Cabernet Franc
Beginning of harvest : 30 September
End of harvest : 17 October
Blending : 53% Cabernet Sauvignon 47% Merlot
New barrels : 60%
Ageing : 16 months
Yield : 42hL/ha
Proportion of 1st wine : 55%
Alcohol (in % vol.) : 13.91
Acidity (in g/l H2SO4) : 3.5
pH : 3.69
Vinification
Gravitary vatting without pressing
Prefermentary cold maceration
Long vatting period
Gravitary vinification without pump
Prefermentary cold maceration
Long vatting period
Gravitary vinification without pump
Vintage
All work favorizing a good distribution and aeration of the grapes (disbudding, clipping, thinning out of leaves Hand-picked sorting harvest according to the terroir, the vigorous zones and separation between stocks from the heart and the borders of our plots Harvest in crates, followed by a manual sorting on clusters and then on berries.
