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Winemaker: Sophie Martin
AOC: Pauillac
Vintage: 2020
Vol: 14 %
RS: 0 g/L
S02: 22 mg/L
Total Production: 4,112 bottles (0.62 ha)
Grapes: 80 % Merlot, 20 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Vine Age: 30 - 60 years
Soils: Sand and Gravel (Lieu dit Bages)
Vegan: No
Allergens: Albumin
Closure: Cork + Foil
Drinking Window: 5 - 15 years
Ethos: Lutte Raisonnée, Certified HVE
 
Producer:
On the sandy Medoc plains around the village of Pauillac, down a dirt track road there are two small parcels making up about 30 rows of 60-year-old Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vines planted by Sophie Martin’s father and grandfather. They sold the grapes to local cooperatives until 2010, when neighbouring coop growers started selling their land to Lynch-Bages, Sophie decided to build a barn in her garden and buy winemaking equipment. 
 
Her 0.62 hectares of Pauillac vines in the Bages lieut-dit produce around 3 - 4,000 bottles each vintage, making her the smallest Pauillac producer by a short mile and it’s with celebration that I welcome her wines onto the UK market
 
Viticulture and Vinification:
Manual harvest. Ageing 18 months in barriques, soutirage à l’esquive, collage in barriques. Bottled on the property on 21 May 2021
 
Tasting:
A much fresher, more elegant Left-bank bordeaux, but retains the structure and grit of a Pauillac.