Château Le Pin Beausoleil, Bordeaux Supérieur - 2018

Viticulture

Surface in production: 5.8 ha. Terroir: 70% clay-limestone and the rest silt-gravel. Yield: 22 to 25hl/ha depending on the vintage. Planting density varies from 6600 vines/ha. Average age of the vineyard: 35 years. Integrated approach to the plant, soil and treatments. Double Guyot pruning. De-budding, de-stemming, leaf removal and green harvesting are carried out manually. Manual harvesting, transport in crates.

Oenology

Reception of the harvest with a sorting table. Vatting by gravity. 100% uncoated, temperature-controlled concrete vats. Pre-fermentation maceration. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Gentle extraction (intensity and temperature). Temperature control during maceration. Use of micro-oxygenation in maceration. Malolactic fermentation in barrels. Aging on lees and controlled oxygenation by clipping. 50% new barrels, 50% one-wine barrels, exclusively French oak from high forests. Aged in separate batches as a result of the parcel-based management of the harvest.