2018 AOC Pécharmant - Pécharmant
2018 AOC Pécharmant - Pécharmant
A blend of: 60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc. Macerated gently for 20 to 30 days. Aged in stainless steel tanks and then in old barrels in order to preserve the richness and the fruits.
Cuvée: Pecharment
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: 60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13.5%
Vintage: 2018
Winemaking: Macerated gently for 20 to 30 days. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, to preserve the terroir characteristics and originality. Aged in stainless steel tanks and then in old barrels in order to preserve the richness and the fruits. Bottled without filtration.
Sulphur: 10 mg/l
Soil: Deep white clay with sand and pebbles
Yield: 40 hl/ha
A 40-hectare estate, fully organic since 2013. The 8th generation to work at the estate; Vincent Alexis joined his father in 2010 and talked him into bottling their own wines instead of selling them for bulk blending. 25ha are white. Vincent has recently planted lots more traditional grape varieties, Sulphur is only used on bottling for the Bergecrac Blanc and the Monbazillac. Soils are clay on limestone with iron and flint in the Pecharmant vineyards.