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TECHNICAL
CARD
Name :
Château
Ferrière
Classification : Third Classified Growth in
1855 Controlled
Appellation of origin : Margaux
Vineyard area : 8 hectares
Soils : very
deep Garonne gravel
Varietals : 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15 % Merlot, 5%
Petit Verdot
Age of the vines : 35 years old
Portes greffes : 101-14, 3309, Riparia Gloire
Cultivation : traditional method (ploughing, clearing soil
from around young vines to ease pruning)
Harvest : done
by hand
Vinification,
maturing and ageing :
- Vinification in
stainless steel vat with temperature control by thermal
pipe
- Length of vating
between around twenty days
- Malolactic
fermentation in barrels
- Traditional ageing
from 16 months to 18 months in oak barrels (60% new oak
barrels each years)
- Fining in barrel
with white of the egg
Name of second wine
: Les Remparts
de Ferrière
Bottling : at
the château
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