Cuvée Maurin 2005
The Tradition

 

4 ha – 30 to 35 hl/ha – 16000 bottles

Variety
100 % Malbec

Soil
Sidérolithic sandstone
 (red clay and iron infused sandstone « Grèzes »)

Vine training
Cane pruning
Grass between rows
Green harvest
Thining out of the leaves on the east side  

Vinification
Manual harvest and grapes hand sorted
Complete de-stemming without crushing
No yeast addition
4 weeks Maceration at 32 °C
with 4 pumping-over/day and 4 releases
Placed in vats 10 to 15 days
Very soft press out with the first juice blended
  Long and spontaneous malolactic fermentation (2 to 4 months)
5 rackings during winter
 No filtration 

Packaging
Traditional heavy Bordelaise bottles (75 cl; 150 cl; 300 cl)
Cork plugging : 49/24 ,  1 st quality.