Buy bottles of Chateau Les Gravières 2019 at the best price
Saint Emilion Grand Cru from the estate
(92 - 94)/100 Parker
When to drink this wine: Drink now or cellar for a decade.
Tasted by Lisa Perrotti-Brown in 2020: "Sporting a deep garnet-purple colour, the 2019 Les Gravieres opens slowly with subtle notions of stewed plums, baked black cherries and blackberries, giving way to emerging scents of black tea, cracked pepper, cedar chest and tobacco leaf. Quite powerful, the palate has a solid structure of firm, ripe, rounded tannins and tons of freshness framing the tightly packed layers of black fruit, finishing on a mineral note."
THE ESTATE TELLS YOU ABOUT IT
- Appellation : Saint-émilion grand cru
- Grape Variety: 100% Merlot
- Soil: 4.5 hectares in the communes of St Sulpice de Faleyrens and St Laurent des Combes. Sandy-gravelly, deep gravel, cool subsoil of iron dross.
- Vines: Average age 38 to 45 years, density 5,500 vines/ha, grassed and drained vines.
- Average yield 35 hl/ha.
- Viticulture: Leaf removal and green harvesting in June and August, manual removal of internodes, organic amendments only, manual harvesting with rigorous sorting on a table.
- Vinification: Fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats, pre-fermentation cold maceration (6°C) for 8-10 days, délestage and pigeage, long vatting period of over 30 days. Malolactic fermentation in new barrels. Aging on lees. Aged in 100% new barrels for 16 months.
Data sheet
Note | Between 91 and 94 |
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PR rating | 92-94/100 |
Partner Areas | Yes |
Recoverable VAT | Yes |
Colour | Red |
Format | Bottle (75cl) |
Vintage | 2019 |
Volume | 12,50 % vol - 75 cl |
Appellation | Saint-Emilion |
Level | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Region | Bordeaux |
Maturity | To keep |
Châteaux bordeaux | Château Les Gravières |
Prix | Less than €30 |