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Petit Verdot by Belle-Vue

Vinified with respect and gentleness, this wine is matured in Italian amphorea to preserve its freshness, and in Austrian oak wood barrels to enhance the Petit Verdot grape's typical aromatic structure.

Presentation

Owners / Managing Director : Vincent MULLIEZ's Heirs / Isabelle MULLIEZ
Director : Yannick REYREL
Estate manager : Jean Michel BAUDRIT
Planted acreage : 2.05 ha from the old vines planted in 1939, 1949 and 1958.
Density of planting: 3788 vines/ha

Terroir

Clay-limestone soils(a former island on the Garonne).

In the vineyard

- H.V.E Certificate : High Environmental and Agricultural good practices acknowledgment.
- Severe pruning favouring aeration to provide an homogeneous repartition of grapes, disbudding and bud splitting. Thinning out the leaves on both sides. Cleaning up.
- Integral soil work by grass growing , to encourage the vine's roots to grow deeper in order to obtain the best expression of thisTerroir.

Winemaking

During vinification time, extraction is done as gently as possible.
- Cold pre-ferment maceration ( 0°C) during 10 days.
- Exclusive use of release by gravity. Juice is re-sent by sprinkling on to the grappa which prevents it from destructure.
- No pumping over.
- Long post-ferment maceration (28°C) during 20 days in average to refine the tannins.

Ageing

25% in Italian amphorae, 25% in 400l new barrels, 25% in second-fill barrels, 25% in third-fill barrels. The main focus is the use of 400l barrels whose wood comes from Austrian forests.
Duration : 14 to 16 months

Varietal

Petit verdot : 100%

Specifications

Alcohol content : 13.5 % vol.
Production volume : 4 300 bottles
Age of vines : 80 years old
pH : 3.60