Wine Chateau Petit Bocq Saint-Estephe AOC Cru Bourgeois Superiore 2003
Tasting Notes
Wine rich ruby color with a purple hue.
The wine has a concentrated, balanced taste with a long finish and fine tannins.
The wine has a scent with notes of black currant and blackberry, licorice and hints and earthy notes.
The wine goes well with beef or poultry with mushroom sauce.
Interesting Facts
Chateau Petit Bocq Saint-Estephe - this wonderful red French wine - elegant and complex. The wine is aged in oak barrels for 12 months. Storage capacity of 8-15 years.
Small farm Chateau Petit Bocq appeared in 1972, it received its name from the vineyard Bocq, located near the village of Marbyuze, and it was small - less than 2 hectares with plantings of Merlot.
Since Petit Bocq has grown and expanded. In 2002, the farm has a vineyard covers an area of 14 hectares, and its crop of ultra-filled tanks and barrels, which are now in the "real Chateau", located in the famous village of Pez in Saint-Estèphe. Today, the vineyard area is 18 ha farm, it consists of 80 stations and is situated in the commune of Saint-Estephe. Vineyard soil gravel and gravel and clay, which grows well Merlot. All the grapes are harvested by hand, then harvest are carefully selected, consisting of three phases, which ensures high quality of the wine. In the process of vinification used small stainless steel tanks, modern system of temperature control during fermentation and high quality pneumatic press. Wines Petit Bocq aged for a year in French oak barrels, 30-50% of which - new. To make the wines shine and brightness, they are cleaned with fresh egg white. In Petit Bocq wine bottled unfiltered.
