Chateau Guiraud 2005
- Producer Vignobles Comtes von Neipperg
- Blend 100% White Bordeaux Blend
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Sauternes
- UPC 0 15643 47710 2
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Item# 1694-05
James Suckling
97pt
Wine Enthusiast
95pt
Wine Spectator
97pt
Wine Advocate
92pt
Harvest
Uniquely by hand, with successive selective pickings (2-6 pickings) of botrytised grapes. A minimum potential alcohol level of 20° is required to begin harvesting.
Winery Technical Data
Area: 85 ha.
Soil: 80% sandy gravel and clayey gravel for the remainder.
Sub-soil: Deep translucent sand, pure gravel with some banks of red clay and limestone marl, bands of limestone with oyster shells or red and white clays.
Density: 6,600 vines/ha.
Rootstock: Riparia, 33 09, 101 14, 161 49.
Production: 100,000 bottles of Château Guiraud,30,000 bottles of Dauphin de Guiraud, Château Guiraud’s second wine, 50,000 bottles of G de Château Guiraud, dry white Bordeaux.
Owners: Robert Peugeot for FFP, Stephan von Neipperg, Olivier Bernard and Xavier Planty.
Soil: 80% sandy gravel and clayey gravel for the remainder.
Sub-soil: Deep translucent sand, pure gravel with some banks of red clay and limestone marl, bands of limestone with oyster shells or red and white clays.
Density: 6,600 vines/ha.
Rootstock: Riparia, 33 09, 101 14, 161 49.
Production: 100,000 bottles of Château Guiraud,30,000 bottles of Dauphin de Guiraud, Château Guiraud’s second wine, 50,000 bottles of G de Château Guiraud, dry white Bordeaux.
Owners: Robert Peugeot for FFP, Stephan von Neipperg, Olivier Bernard and Xavier Planty.
Vinification
Fermentation: 90% in new barrels, 10% in barrels that have already aged one wine, for a period of three weeks to two months.
Maturation: in barrels, on fine lees, for 18 to 24 months depending on the year, with racking every three months.
Maturation: in barrels, on fine lees, for 18 to 24 months depending on the year, with racking every three months.