Château Mille Roses - Margaux 2020

Chateau Mille Roses

Marguerite

2020

75cl

14% vol

55% Cabernet Sauvignon - 45% Merlot

Margaux organic AOC

Viticulture: organic farming

A very refined and classy wine, with notes of spicy cedar, licorice and raspberry coulis, a little bergamot and oud. An excellent example of Left Bank Bordeaux, from a superb terroir between Chateau Cantermerle and Chateau Giscours.

Mille Roses was inherited by David in 1999 upon the untimely death of his parents. At the beginning, they only had 0.5 hectares of vines and, with his wife Sophie, they renovated and expanded the estate, which now has 10 hectares of vines, certified organic. He named the estate Mille Roses in honor of his mother's passion for roses. They offer beautiful and honest wines from the Margaux and Haut-médoc appellations and believe that a rich and well-balanced wine with a personal identity comes first and foremost from its terroir.

This wine is produced on the AOC Margaux terroirs on two plots of 5.4 hectares, not far from the vineyards of Château Giscours, Château Monbrison and Château d'Angludet. This is the Arsac plateau, the southern edge of the Margaux vineyard.

• Cabernet Sauvignon: 3.1 ha
• Merlot: 2.3 ha

Viticulture:
Total vineyard area: 9.5 ha
Surface area in the AOC Margaux: 4 ha
Terroir: Quaternary Garonne gravels
Grapes: Merlot - Cabernet Sauvignon
Planting density: 7000 plants/ha
Organic farming.
Soil preparation, weeding, manual defoliation,
large leaf surface preserved, manual harvest.

Oenology:
Harvest: manual harvesting in crates, sorting in the vineyard
and in the cellar in 2 phases before bottling.

Vinification: Fermentation and maceration in stainless steel vats,
maceration between 3 and 5 weeks.
Malolactic fermentation carried out entirely in barrel for better fusion of the wood.
Ageing: 12 months, 100% in barrels of which 33% new
(80% French origin).
Coopers: Taransaud, Berthomieu, Jarnac, Nadalié, Canton.
Bottling at Château: light clarification and light filtration