Chateau Deyrem Valentin - Margaux Cru Bourgeois | French Red Wine

Appellation : Margaux, located in the heart of Médoc 30km north of Bordeaux
Area : 13 hectares
Grape varieties : 50% Merlot - 48% Cabernet Sauvignon - 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Carmenere
Vinestock : 3309 - Riparia and 101/14
Soil type : deep sand-gravel aggregate
Plant density : 10,000 plants/hectare
Average vine age : 30 years
Pruning : double Guyot 6 buds/plant
Vine greenery operations : leaf stripping - removal of secondary shoots and conservative
cluster thinning for increased exposure of the grapes to promote ripening.
Tilling : mechanical
Harvesting : hand-picking with 2 table sorting operations, one in the vineyard and the other in the cellar.
Vinification : traditional, cold maceration and overpumping with aeration or cap punching, fermentation temperature 28-30°C., maceration approximately 3 weeks.
Racking : traditional from cask to cask
Clarification : fining with egg whites
Maturing process : 15 months in French oak casks, 1/3 new casks - 1/3 one wine - 1/3 to wines
Bottling : carried out by us in specially equipped facilities
Annual production : 6,000 cases