Chateau Nenin, Pomerol Fugue de Nenin 2011 Menchia

Chateau Nenin, Pomerol Fugue de Nenin 2011 Menchia88% Merlot, 12% Cabernet franc. The terroir is a mix of gravel, clay, and sand with some iron in the soil. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, temperature controlled vats. The wine is aged in 30% new French oak barrels for 18 months. Fugue de Nnin was created and first sold in 1997. Fugue comes from sandy clay soils found in the eastern part of the Chteau's vineyards, as well as from the young vines. This second wine is a typical example of

rich in iron oxide

prescriptions governing the operation itself

This one is improved by punching the cap and pumping-over

stemming and berry crushing to obtain the grape juice that will be vinified to become wine

Cabernet franc 1%

100% merlot from 1 hectare vineyard

with native yeasts

Our ungrafted vines are rare survivors of the Phylloxera epidemic that spread across Europe at the end 19th century - devastating virtually every wine region on the continent

DOMINIO DE PUNCTUM

Grape Varieties : 70% Grenache

offering up aromas of cherries and raspberries mingled with tobacco leaf and pencil shavings

a guarantee of their conservation over several decades