Chateau Pedesclaux label

Chateau Pedesclaux 2014

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Item# 317-14

Product Ratings

James Suckling 94pt
Robert Parker 92pt
Wine Enthusiast 92pt

Technical data

Owners : Jacky and Françoise Lorenzetti
Consultant Oenologist : Eric Boissenot
Total area : 49.7 ha
Production area : 46.7 ha
Density of plantation : 8 500 to 10 000 vine stocks / ha
Average age : 35 years
Terroir : Garonne gravel on limestone bedrock
Grape varieties : 48% Merlot 47% Cabernet Sauvignon 3% Petit Verdot 2% Cabernet Franc
Beginning of harvest : 30 September
End of harvest : 17 October
Blending : 53% Cabernet Sauvignon 47% Merlot
New barrels : 60%
Ageing : 16 months
Yield : 42hL/ha
Proportion of 1st wine : 55%
Alcohol (in % vol.) : 13.91
Acidity (in g/l H2SO4) : 3.5
pH : 3.69

Vinification

Gravitary vatting without pressing
Prefermentary cold maceration
Long vatting period
Gravitary vinification without pump

Vintage

All work favorizing a good distribution and aeration of the grapes (disbudding, clipping, thinning out of leaves Hand-picked sorting harvest according to the terroir, the vigorous zones and separation between stocks from the heart and the borders of our plots Harvest in crates, followed by a manual sorting on clusters and then on berries.