Vin Chateau La Branne 2016

Cru Bourgeois, a typical blend of Médoc wines with Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, and Merlot. This wine is aged in barrels for one year.
Its particularity: ideal for aging, has lots of fruit, vanilla notes and fine tannins.

Awards:

  • Silver Medal at the Grands Vins de France Competition in Macon in 2023

  • Bronze medal Concours IWSC in 2022
  • Note 91 James Suckling
  • Note 14,5 Le Point

Terroir: sandy gravelly, clavely calcareous, clapey gravelly
Area under vines: 30 ha
Density of plantation: 5000 and 7500/ ha
Average age of the vines: 30 years
Yields: 55 hl/ha
Vineyards grape varieties:
– cabernet sauvignon 41%
– merlot 49%
– petit verdot 10%.

Vintage blends 2016:
– cabernet sauvignon 48%
– merlot 46%
– petit verdot 6%

Certification HVE NIVEAU 3

Harvest: mecanic
Vinification : classical vinification wtith maceration after the
fermentation
Ageing: one year in oak barrels
Production: 130 000 bouteilles 0.75l

Bottling: 30th July 2022
N° lot: LA19
Bottle: 0.75 cl
Natural cork: 49/24.