Château Haut Veyrac Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2022

Appellation : Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Township : Saint-Etienne de Lisse
Environmental certification : HVE 3
Cuvée : Château Haut Veyrac 2022
Vintage : 2022
% vol/alc : 13,5 %
Production : 30 000 bouteilles
Color : Red
Harvest date : 07/09/2022

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 : natural grassing in the inter row and mechanical tillage in the inter vine.
Spray : 1st year conversion to organic agriculture - 8 passages made from copper, sulfur and biocontrol products or un-classified natural manure in optimized use according to climatic conditions and phenological stage. Sexual confusion to control eudemis and 1 mandatory insecticide against the flavescence dorée leafhopper. copper used : 2,6 kg/ha. Our IFT (without bio-control) 2022 = 2,85.

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 : concrete tank, 10 to 14 months in barrels (french oak, 100 % in new barrels) and ceramic amphora. 

Score 93-94 pts James Suckling
           96 pts Yves Beck