Chateau Tournefeuille Lalande de Pomerol (Bordeaux, France) - [rp 91] [js 90] [we 90]
70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc from Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Vintage: | 2014 |
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Winery: | Chateau Tournefeuille |
Description: | Case Price = $28.99 per bottle (add 12+ quantity to your basket). Notes from the Winemaker:. This lovely estate dates from the mid-18th century and was acquired by the Petit and the Cambier families in 1998. Tournefeuille means "turning leaves:" the château is exceptionally well-located on a breezy hill in the commune of Néac. Château Tournefeuille [turn-uh-foy] benefits from an extraordinary terroir typi-cal of the Pomerol region and overlooks some of Pomerol's most prestigious château (Petrus is a close neighbor). Winemaking:. - Manual sorting table. - Vinification in temperature controlled cement tanks (like Petrus) for a total vatting period of 4 weeks. - Cold pre-fermentation maceration. - Malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels (1/3) and in tanks (2/3). - Ageing : 12 months in oak barrels from Tronçay forest (Allier, Central France). One third of bar-rels are replaced every year. - Racking every 3 months. - No fining and filtering. Viticulture:. - 17 hectares of vineyards in grouped plots on steep slopes with a southwestern exposure overlooking Pomerol. - 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc. - Average vine age of 30 years, with 42% of the vines older than 30 years. - Density of 5500 vines/hectare. - Outstanding terroir of gritty and clay soils typical of Pomerols. 50% of the vines planted on clay-gravel slopes and 50% on the southern exposed gravel slopes. |
Price: | $ 29.97 |
Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from Artisan Wine Depot
Address: |
400 A Villa Street Mountain View, CA 94041 United States |
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Telephone (toll-free): | 877-946-3730 |
Telephone (regular): | 650-969-3511 |
Fax: | 888-866-9896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on October 18, 2017.
This product was inactivated June 6, 2022.
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