Chateau Les Trois Croix 2016

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CHATEAU LES TROIS CROIX, AN EXCEPTIONAL TERROIR 1712 engraved in the keystone stone of the cellar testifies to the age of the vineyard Chateau Les Trois Croix is ??above all a privileged location on an exceptional terroir.Located 86 meters above sea level on the highest limestone plateau of the town, it offers a magnificent view of the slopes, valleys and mounds typical of this country of Fronsac … this Girondine tuscany so endearing.The clay plateau composed of the molasses du Fronsadais rests on large limestone rocks that often outcrop the surface. Ideal conditions for making Merlot, the king grape complemented by Cabernet Franc up to 20%.THE RESULT OF A METICULOUS WORK Everything starts in winter … at the waist. The tailor shapes each foot to extract the best.Here, each strain is cut in double Guyot. The growth of the vine requires all our attention …Every day, observe it, anticipate it, wait for it … to make the right technical decisions at the right time respecting nature and the soil … in short, to live and feel the vine and the wine in its future.Spring and summer, the days are punctuated by work in green. These manual practices are essential for an irreproachable quality. We do two hand plowing and a green harvest. The latter makes it possible to adjust the number of clusters left at the waist and to spread the grapes on the foot as well as possible. Thus the preserved clusters will have all the time to ripen in the best conditions.THE PURITY OF THE FRUIT Then the long awaited moment of the harvest arrives. The picking is done entirely by hand in small crates of 10 kilos where the berries of grapes remain intact until their arrival in the vat room. Then comes the time of a careful selection always by handThe grapes are sorted twice before and after destemming, so that only each ripe grape, healthy and intact, is preserved in vats to preserve the purity of the fruit in the wine.HARMONY AND BALANCE Then begins a long work of lighting in the cellar all the potential is there, present in the juice and the marc … to us to detect the specificities of each vintage and to adapt.No miracle recipe to apply each year! We generally prefer mild and slow fermentations and macerations 4 to 5 weeks.The aging of the wine continues entirely in barrels between 12 and 15 months. Throughout the aging, we accompany the birth of this new vintage to make a wine of harmony and balance between the tannic richness and the roundness … between the melting of the fruit and the strength of the woody notes. – Chateau Les Trois Croix