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CHATEAU LES CONSEILLANS

Chateau les Conseillans 2015
Côtes de Bordeaux

WINEMAKING NOTES:

Hand picking, gentle de-stemming, and thorough sorting are the primary practices. Every different grape varietal is fermented separately in small cement tanks.

The extraction of the cap is a mix of pumping over and “pigeages” technique. The wine is given long ageing in French oak barrels, and a great deal of attention is given to the blending to obtain the most representative wine of the “terroir” and vintage.

Where to buy: Pourdebon, Bodeboca ou Contacter le Château

Volumes: 37,5 cl – 75cl – 3l – 5l – 6l

90
Recommended

Le Point

14,5

GENERAL FACTS

Les Conseillans covers twenty hectares of woodland, vineyards and fields in the heart of the Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, a few kilometres from the village of Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux.

In 2011, the Chateau was acquired by Bruce Jackson, an American wine enthu- siast, and his wife Irina Krasovskaya. Over the next three years, Bruce and Irina, restored the Chateau, renovated the vineyards and completely modernized the technical facilities.

The 2015 vintage enjoyed a warm, dry summer, providing excellent ripening conditions for the grapes. The autumn period was also dry and quite hot.

The vineyards of Chateau Les Conseillans stand on a terroir of gravelly and clay soils mostly facing south. It is divided into 14 distinctive plots with different varietal mix and age. We believe that the vineyard is the major contributor to the wine’s quality and character. Because of this we try to limit our interventions to the most classical of French vineyard techniques. We avoid weed-killers and use pheromones to fight against insects. Farming for flavour and picking on the optimum day are essential.

Hand picking, gentle de-stemming, and thorough sorting are the primary practices. Every different grape varietal is fermented separately in small cement tanks.

Surface	5Ha81
Appellation	Cotes de Bordeaux
Geology	Gravels on Clay
Varietal	65% Merlot
	20% Cabernet Sauvignon
	8% Malbec
	7% Cabernet franc
Density	5600 plants/Ha
Average year	35 years old

Vats	Concrete
Harvest	Hand picking
Date	October 2015
Barrel ageing	15 month
Yield	45Hl/Ha
Blend	58% Merlot
	20% Cabernet Sauvignon
	12% Malbec
	10% Cabernet franc
Bottling date	April 2017
Production	1200 cases

Alcohol	14.85%
pH	3.78
Total sulfites	71 mg/l
Sugar level	<2gr/l-Dry