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:

  • Gold medal concours Général Agricole Paris 2022.
  • Gold medal concours Bordeaux wine of Aquitaine 2022.
  • Note 90 James Suckling 2022
  • Note 91 Winedoctor Décembre 2022

Terroir: sandy gravelly, clavely calcareous, clapey gravelly
Area under vines: 29 ha
Density of plantation: 5000 and 7500/ ha
Average age of the vines: 30 years
Yields: 47hl/ha
Vineyards grape varieties:
– cabernet sauvignon 41.5%
– merlot 55%
– petit verdot 3.5%

Vintage blends 2020:
– cabernet sauvignon 45%
– merlot 50%
– petit verdot 5%

Certification HVE NIVEAU 3

Harvest: mecanic
Vinification : classical vinification wtith maceration after the
fermentation
Ageing: one year in oak barrels
Production: 85 000 bouteilles 0.75l

Bottling: 30th of July 2022
N° lot: LA20
Bottle: 0.75 cl
Natural cork: 49/24.