Wine Chateau Petit Village Pomerol AOC 2000

Wine Château Petit The Village have wealth and incomparable elegance of the great Pomerol. As for the taste of the young wines Château Petit Vilyazh, they have a deep potential, which will develop more than one year. More "adult" wine, according to critics, admired and have a luxurious style, although very discreet.

Petit Village, which translated from French means "little village" - a vineyard, the outlines of which have the form of an equilateral triangle area of ​​11 hectares. The soil consists of deep gravel subsoil of chalk and clay with layers of red iron. Rural house and adjoining buildings grouped around a courtyard, forming a sort of village - a method of construction and gave the name of the castle.

The vines in the town of Petit Vilyazh grew from the beginning of the 18th century, although at that time the owner of the estate did not try to elevate them. In 1919, the family Feranda Ginestas, which became their owners, to seriously address the wine, and in 1970, after the severe frosts that destroyed most of the vineyards, a new milestone in their development. Under the guidance of an experienced oenologist Bruno Prastio were planted new vines, the winery installed stainless steel vats and to improve the quality of wine began to be used the most modern technology. Today harvest Petit Vilyazh collected only manually, carefully sorted and transported to the winery in small 30-kg baskets that allows you to keep the berries intact as much as possible. The expected maturity of wine - 2010 - 2040 years.