VIN DE PAYS D'OC
Cépage MERLOT

THE VINEYARD

  • Area: 7 ha
  • Geology: Alluvia of the Peyne river
  • Soil type: deep sandy calcareous clay
THE VINE
  • Plantation: 1979
  • Trained on wire
  • Tied on 3 wires
  • Royat spur pruning
  • Yield: 80 hl/ha
  • Cultivation: ploughing
  • Harvesting by machine
APPELLATION
  • Vin de pays d'Oc

VINIFICATION
  • Short fermenting in vats
  • Temperature control
  • Maturation in vats, fining with albumen
  • Light filtration

Merlot grapes. Usually mixed with the Cabernet varieties, this grape also marries well with the Mediterranean varieties.

Christophe BLANC
Vintner, Chateau de Montpezat
34120 Pézenas -France
Phone : +334 67 98 10 84
contact@chateau-montpezat.com