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Château Barateau |
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Technical facts
Location: Saint-Laurent-du-Medoc - France
Area under vine: 24 hectares
Age of vines: 24 years
Vine density: 6,500 to 8,000 vines per hectare
Soil: Chalky clay in Saint-Laurent and gravelly sand in Saint-Sauveur.
Viticulture: Guyot double and Cordon de Royal pruning method. Working the soil, weeding / manual removal of side shoots / excess leaf removal / disbudding / partial green harvest.
Harvest: Largely mechanised with picking table at the point where the harvest is brought in.
Winemaking: Traditional.
Frequent pumping over.
Controlled fermentation at the temperature of 28° C. Automatic thermo-regulation by condenser. Long period of fermentation on skins (about 3 weeks) in concrete/epoxy and stainless steel tanks. Little chaptalisation if necessary. First pressing included.
Address:
Château Barateau
33112 Saint-Laurent-du-Medoc
France
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