Lacoste-Borie Pauillac 2018
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Blend
61% Cabernet Sauvignon - 31% Merlot - 8% Cabernet Franc
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Blend
61% Cabernet Sauvignon - 31% Merlot - 8% Cabernet Franc
- Total surface area of the estate
- 90 hectares around the Château
- Vineyard in production
- 58 hectares in one block around the Château
- Average age of the vineyard
- 38 years old
- Terroir
- Very deep coarse gravel
- Vineyard grape varieties
- 75% Cabernet Sauvignon - 20% Merlot - 5% Cabernet Franc
- Planting density
- 10 000 pieds/hectare
- Grafting
- Riparia gloire & 101.14
- Vineyard management
- Mechanical ploughing of the Soil Viticulture practices: Spraying kept to the absolute effective minimum.
- Harvest
- Exclusively hand picked
- Grape sorting
- Two successive selections before and after de-stemming process
- Vinification
- A long period of maceration (about 3 weeks)
- Aging
- In French oak barrels (45% new barrels each vintage) for between 14 to 16 months depending on the vintage.
- Owner
- M. François-Xavier BORIE
- Director R&D - Oenologist
- Mme Christel SPINNER
- Cellar Master
- M. Benoît ESTASSY
- Head of Culture
- M. Antonio FLORES
- Consulting Oenologist
- M. Eric BOISSENOT
- Public Relation
- Miss Emeline BORIE