2016 Château Gruaud Larose 2eme Cru Classé Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Chteau Gruaud Larose is a Second Classified Growth of Saint Julien. A blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc The fruit is sorted then undergoes a cold soak prior to temperature controlled fermentation in a mixture of wooden and concrete vats, with pumping over of the fermenting must twice a day. Then up to a third of the vintage undergoes malolactic in oak barrels, before ageing the entire wine in Alliers and

he was Philippe Melka’s director of winemaking for a few years before launching his own projects

temperature-controlled tanks

which moderates the warm air from the easterly Pannonian plain’s continental influence

without the battonage

Traditional vinification at controlled temperatures

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Jean-Jacque Girard's family was growing grapes in Savigny-les Beaune back in 1529

The first thing you notice as you walk in the door are the rows of traditional pupitre that Franck uses to hand riddle much of his sparkling wine production

carefully selecting vineyards positions and paying attention to perfect ripening of the grapes

90 year old vines in slate and granite soils

the Venica brothers wanted to make alpine pinot grigio

ideal for perfect ripening