From the 5th of September to the 3rd of October.
The harvest started early (one month before compared with 2010).
A first trie was compulsory to clean up the remaining grapes.
2011 sounds like a wine for pleasure, to be drinking within 10 years.
Each grape is vinified separatly.
The pressuring is direct and the settling of the must need about 10 hours.
Then the lees are reintroduced before the fermentation starts in french oack barrels with 1/3 new each year.
Toppings up are made regularly and the rackings done every three months.
Ageing
The wine is aged in french oack barrels for between 20 to 24 months.
It's bottled at the Château between 2 or 3 years after the harvest.
Dishes/wines Harmony
Can be shared like a drink between friends and as an aperitif.
Plain or stir-fry "foie-gras".
Spicy courses like chicken curry.
Sweet and savoury courses like duck with peach.
Delicious with blue cheese like Stilton or Roquefort.
Citus fruit's salad or strawberry's salad with basil or mint.
Tasting Notes
Eye: Beautiful golden colour !
Nose: Fruity aromas, very pure with floral notes for finish.
Mouth: Honey, ripe exotic fruit, balanced with a freshness sensation due to acidity.
Rewards
Decanter 88 Vinum 16,5 Vino! Coup de coeur
James Suckling 91 Bordeaux Total 17 Vinifera ****
Jancis Robinson 17+ In Vino Veritas 16 Antoon Laurent 91
Bettane et Desseauve 16 Perswijn 16,5 Jean-Marc Quarin 15,5
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