Chateau Bel Orme Tronquoy de Lalande
| Country: Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux, France |
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| About: A.O.C. Haut Medoc; Cru Bourgeois status reconfirmed in 2004. The Vineyard soil is composed of gravel, galet stones and sand with a clay-limestone base. The average age of the vines is 35 years. Production: 150,000 bottles. Vinification practices: Removal of any split juice, bleed of vats (between 5% and 10% of overall volume), pre-fermentation cold maceration for 48 hours (to extract aroma and colour), alcolholic fermentation in cement vats, separating press wine lot by lot, malolactic fermentation. Ageing: 12 months in oak barrels, blending begins after six months by careful tasting and analysis, clarifying with egg white. |
| Special Notes: Capture something of the 2000 Bordeaux vintage magic with this Chateau Bel Orme Tronquoy de Lalande! |