“We can attest that it is one of the longest-standing in the area and its products contributed substantially in the past to building the reputation in France and abroad of Médoc wines. When sent to England at the end of the 17th century, they commanded a price of 400 French livres for a 900-litre barrel and more.” The older editions of the Féret GuideMr. de Cambon first made this wine, which has been preferred by wine lovers for centuries ever since. Annick, Jean-Pierre Marie and their son Nicolas have been responsible for the place’s destiny since 1996 and have completely refashioned the estate with equipment worthy of a grand cru and adopting an approach to winemaking inspired by love, creativity and foresight.
Terroir : The soil is composed of sandy gravels with large pebbles from the quaternary. This very deep layer of gravels provides effective drainage and also contributes to warming the ground and then to the ripening of the grapes.
Winemaking : Ripeness is checked every day by tasting and by analysing the grapes. On the great day, the harvested fruit is screened twice on sorting tables. 8 pairs of hands get busy, picking out the fragments of vegetation and foreign bodies that remain. The juice from the transporter and the sorting tables is then put aside. In the winery, there are thirty temperature-regulated stainless steel tanks of different sizes ranging from 88 hectolitres to 200 hectolitres. For more than ten years, the winery has adopted the practice of letting the must settle from fruit that was mechanically harvested. The grapes are also allow to macerate for six to eight days at 4 to 5°C (39 to 41°F) prior to fermentation. The equipment enables the winery to regulate the vinification temperature according to the condition of the fruit. Further maceration after fermentation finishes lasts for two to three weeks and contributes colour stability to the wine while improving the quality of its tannins.The ambition is to produce balanced wines that are characteristic of the appellation and representative of the South Medoc terroir.
Award:
93 Wine Enthusiast
92 Falstaff
89 Wine Spectator
VIVINO 3.9
