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technical card
Name :
Château Chasse Spleen
Classification :
Grand Cru Exceptionnel
Controlled Appellation of
Origin :
Moulis en Médoc
Vineyard
Area :
80 hectares
Soils :
80% Garonne gravel on chalk substratum
with asteria and 20% chalky clay
Varietals :
73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20 % Merlot, 7%
Petit Verdot
Age of the
vines :
30 years old
Portes
greffes :
101-14, 3309, 41B, Riparia Gloire
Cultivation :
traditional method (ploughing, clearing
soil from around young vines to ease
pruning)
Harvest :
done by hand
Vinification, maturing and
ageing :
-Vinification in stainless steel vat and
covered epoxy cement with temperature
control by thermal pipe
-Length of vating around one month
- Traditional ageing between 12 and 14
months in oak barrels (40% new oak barrels
each years)
- Fining in barrel with white of the
egg
Second Wine
: L'Ermitage de
Chasse-Spleen, l'Oratoire de
Chasse-Spleen
Bottling :
at the château
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