Château Haut Veyrac Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2020

Appellation : Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Township : Saint-Etienne de Lisse
Environmental certification : HVE 3
Cuvée : Château Haut Veyrac 2020
Vintage : 2020
% vol/alc : 14 %
Production : 25 000 bouteilles
Color : Rouge
Harvest date : 14/09/2020
Bottling : 28/04/2022 at the property

Vineyard 

Soil : Clay plateau on limestone and clay-silty. 

Blend : Merlot 90%, Cabernet Franc 10%. 

Surface area : 9,3 hectares (23 acres) : 8,3 hectares (20,5 acres) of Merlot and 1 hectare (2,5 acres) of Cabernet Franc. 

Average age of vines : >60 years (1,7 ha), 20>years<50 (4,6 ha), 15 years (1ha), 6 years (2ha). 

Density of planting : 6000 vines/ha. 

Cultural 

Pruning : Double guyot pruning. 

Ground work : mechanical (0 weedkiller). 

Spray : 9 passes based on bio-control product (30 %), phytopharmaceutical products (no CMR) and optimized use 

according to climatic and phenological conditions and ungraded natural manure. Sexual confusion to control eudemis and 1 mandatory insecticide against the flavescence dorée leafhopper. Our IFT (without bio-control) 2020 = 10,88. 

Winemaking / Maturing 

Harvest : Mechanical for half and manual on the old vines. 

Winemaking : Bioprotection winemaking without sulfites during the vinification. Cold post fermentation 3 days. Concrete and stainless-steel tanks with temperature-controlled system. 

Elevage : 10 to 14 months in barrels (french oak, 4 coopers), with 100% new barrels and ceramic amphora. 

Score  90 pts Antonio Galloni 
             93 pts Yves Beck
             89 pts Andreas Larsson 

Antonio Galloni : “The 2020 Haut-Veyrac is elegant, silky and wonderfully nuanced. This mid-weight, understated Saint-Émilion will please readers who enjoyunderstated wines. Moreover, the 2020 will drink well right out of the gate.” 

Score primeur : 91-92 pts James suckling
                           89-91 pts Jebb Dunnuck