Appellation : AOC MARGAUX, Second Grand Cru Classé. Situated in the communes of Margaux and Cantenac.

Vineyard : Soil composed of deep gravel, gravelly sand, and sand. 28.5 hectares planted to 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.

Average age of the vines : 35 years.

Yield : Between 40 and 50 Hl/Ha.

Density of plantation :10 000 vines/Ha.

Production : 130 000 Bottles.

Vineyard practices :
In winter : subsoil work (improvement of drainage and root direction), natural improvements, pruning and double guyot training, protection of the feet of the vines (improves life expectancy of vine stock and controls yields).

In spring : Debudding (removal of secondary buds), removal of excess growth from around the feet of thevine, leaf thinning (by hand and machine), green harvesting, removal of unripe berries if needed before veraison (colour set), and finally berry sorting vine by vine before harvest begins.

Vinification : Removal of any spilt juice, bleed of vats (between 5% and 10% of overall volume), pre-fermentation cold maceration for 48 hours (to extract aroma and colour), alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats, separating press wine lot by lot, malolactic fermentation.

Ageing : 12 months in oak (30% new barrels), lot by lot depending on plot and grape variety, blending begins after six months by careful tasting and analysis, clarifying with egg white.