Château Gigault - Cuvée Viva 2017
Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux
13,80 €
Racy, balanced and fleshy, it gives even more after 7 years of cellaring, enriching itself with delicious truffle aromas.
Vineyard
Appellation : Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux
Total surface area : 18.36 ha
Floor : Calcareous clay and siliceous clay
Average age of vines : 31 years old
Grape varieties : 100 % merlot
Degree : 14 %vol.
Production
For this vintage :
17,505 0.75 L bottles
667 magnums
115 double magnums
240 ½ bottles
6 imperial
Breeding
12 months in barrels (30% in new barrels / 50% in barrels between 1 and 2 years old) and the rest in vats.
Winemaking
Fermented for 30 days in stainless steel and concrete vats.
Filling by gravity and punching down.
Harvest
Mechanical from 09/15 to 10/04/17
