Description
L de LAFFITTE LAUJAC
Appellation: Médoc
Commune: Bégadan
Vineyard area: 10 hectares
Soil: Fine gravel and chalky-clay
Grape varieties: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot
Planting density: 6 600 vines/ha.
Age of vineyard: 15-20 years
Production: 65,000 bottles/yr
IN THE VINEYARD
Care of the vines :
- Sustainable viticulture – Natural grassing over
- Double-Guyot pruning – Leaf thinning
Yield:
- 50 to 55 hectolitres/ha. (6,666 to 7,333 bottles approx.)
Harvesting :
- Machine harvested
- The crop is destemmed and sorted both mechanically and manually
IN THE WINERY
- Pumping over: 2 vat volumes pumped over in two operations
- Maceration: 3 to 4 weeks at 26-28°C in stainless steel vats
- Pressing: vertical basket press
- Alcohol content: 12.5°
- Maturing: 6 months in French oak barrels « Bottled at the Château »
Tasting Notes: The bouquet of this wine is both fruity and oaky along with spicy aromas. On tasting, flavours of red fruit are found accompanied by menthol notes which endow a pleasant refreshing sensation. The oakiness is soft and harmonious giving a wine that is well-balanced with excellent structure. A congenial wine to be enjoyed at any opportunity.
Wine and food pairing : It will be the perfect partner to a joint of beef with mushrooms, a vegetable tourte, a blanquette of veal or beef bourguignon.
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