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Château les Grandes Murailles Grand Cru Classé 2009

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Red
  • 14% 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

A historic site spawns a powerful, aromatic wine. More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 3 into-neck
  • Label: 2 marked label, 1 slightly marked label, 1 very slightly marked label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
  • Classification: Grand Cru Classé
  • Producer/Owner: Famille P.Cuvelier
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Château les Grandes Murailles Grand Cru Classé serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Gigot de sept heures, Epaule dagneau boulangère, Poularde rôtie.

Peak: Drink until 2027

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • What the experts say...

    "The La Tour Figeac 2009 has a complex bouquet with black cherries, blueberry, burnt toast and a hint of glycerine.The palate is medium-bodied with good grip, plenty of succulent sweet fruit. (...)"(N.Martin/R.Parker 01/2013)

    Lot presentation
    Château les Grandes Murailles Grand Cru Classé

    The wine

    Across the two hectares of vines owned by Château Les Grandes Murailles, Merlot, the flagship grape of the region and the Libournais, reigns supreme. It draws its nobility from the clay and limestone soil, which itself rests on a limestone subsoil. The Cuvelier family, who run the château, nurture the grapes with loving care, and harvest them by hand. Manual harvesting ensures that the grapes are rigorously sorted before the vinification process, which is overseen by two top winemakers: Stéphane Derenoncourt and Jean-Claude Berrouet. This process is conducted in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats (containers that help preserve the brightness and freshness of the fruit). As for malolactic fermentation, it is initiated in barrels. Once this is complete, the wine is matured in new barrels for 18 to 20 months. These containers impart elegance to the wine, but most importantly, fine tannins and complex notes of sweet spices and precious wood. A limited production of 7,000 bottles is released each year, truly worthy of a few years of cellaring.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 3 into-neck
    • Label: 2 marked label, 1 slightly marked label, 1 very slightly marked label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Air-conditioned underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
    • Classification: Grand Cru Classé
    • Producer/Owner: Famille P.Cuvelier
    • Vintage: 2009
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: Drink until 2027
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Conventional 
    • Size (in ha): 2
    • Volume: 7000 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 95% Merlot, 5% Cabernet franc

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    Château les Grandes Murailles Grand Cru Classé 2009

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