Château Moncets
2022 Château Moncets, Lalande-de-Pomerol AOC
“Rich and concentrated, lots of liquorice spice and black pepper with some graphite and wet stones. Really ripe and perfumed, cherries and plums with some raisened edges and licks of sweet oak alongside some perfumed violet floral edges. Forward and relatively intense but well controlled with energy and push. Clean fruit with purity.” -94 pts, Georgie Hindle, Decanter
Region: Lalande-de-Pomerol, Bordeaux
Appellation: Lalande-de-Pomerol AOC
Varietal/Blend: 89% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon,
2% Malbec
ABV: 13.5%
Vineyard & Vine Age: 20.2 hectares of 45-year-old vines planted at 5,500–6,500 vines per hectare across three hills with east, west, and south exposures. Soils are predominantly clay, with varying proportions of gravel and sand in the valleys. Vines are trained using single and double Guyot pruning. In conversion to organic farming since 2017.
Cellar: Grapes are harvested by hand and machine, then transferred by gravity into temperature-controlled, epoxy-free concrete tanks. A 2–3 day cold pre-fermentation maceration is followed by four weeks of post-fermentation maceration. No sulfites are added during vinification. The wine ages for 12 months in French oak, one-third new and two-thirds one-year-old barrels. ~ 70,000 bottles produced.
CSPC: 149711
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: []
Region: Lalande-de-Pomerol, Bordeaux
Appellation: Lalande-de-Pomerol AOC
“Rich and concentrated, lots of liquorice spice and black pepper with some graphite and wet stones. Really ripe and perfumed, cherries and plums with some raisened edges and licks of sweet oak alongside some perfumed violet floral edges. Forward and relatively intense but well controlled with energy and push. Clean fruit with purity.” -94 pts, Georgie Hindle, Decanter
TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 89% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon,
2% Malbec
ABV: 13.5%
Vineyard: 20.2 hectares of 45-year-old vines planted at 5,500–6,500 vines per hectare across three hills with east, west, and south exposures. Soils are predominantly clay, with varying proportions of gravel and sand in the valleys. Vines are trained using single and double Guyot pruning. In conversion to organic farming since 2017.
Cellar: Grapes are harvested by hand and machine, then transferred by gravity into temperature-controlled, epoxy-free concrete tanks. A 2–3 day cold pre-fermentation maceration is followed by four weeks of post-fermentation maceration. No sulfites are added during vinification. The wine ages for 12 months in French oak, one-third new and two-thirds one-year-old barrels. ~ 70,000 bottles produced.
CSPC: 149711
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: []
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
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TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Lalande-de-Pomerol, Bordeaux
Appellation: Lalande-de-Pomerol AOC
Climate:
Altitude:
Soils:
Varietal/Blend: 89% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon,
2% Malbec
Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.
Ageing:
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
ABV: 13.5%
Produced Cases: 50
CSPC: 149711
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
