Chateau Monbousquet 2008
- Producer Chateau Monbousquet
- Blend 100% Red Bordeaux Blend
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Emilion
- UPC 0 15643 86100 0
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Item# 1767-08
Wine Advocate
92pt
Wine Spectator
91pt
Ageing
18-24 months in new oak barrels with racking every 3 months. The final blending is done just before bottling, and the wine is neither fined nor
filtered.
Viticulture
Pruned to six spurs, green harvesting, leaf thinning, picking and sorting by hand.
Fermentation
The old fermentation cellar was recently rebuilt and now houses temperaturecontrolled stainless steel vats. A new ageing cellar was also built.
Geological characteristics
32 hectares with greatly diverse terroirs:
Sandy and sandy-clay soil with ironpan at a depth of 60-80 m
Sandy-gravel soil
Sandy-clay soil
Sandy and sandy-clay soil with ironpan at a depth of 60-80 m
Sandy-gravel soil
Sandy-clay soil
