FLEUR DE CHATEAU HAUT PIQUAT

CÉPAGES : 100% Merlot OWNERS : Jean Pierre RIVIÈRE CONSULTANT : Hervé ROMAT SITUATION : On the outskirts of the village of Lussac, north-east of Saint-Emilion. AREA : 4 Ha SOIL : Limestone plateaus and red clay slopes. CULTURE AND VINIFICATION : Sustainable viticulture, no herbicides, ecological tillage; leaf thinning and green harvesting. Vinification in stainless-steel vats at a gentle temperature, with regular pumping-over and ageing in oak barrels for 12 months (80% new barrels and 20% one-year-old barrels)..