Technical card

Name : Château Haut-Bages-Libéral

Classification : Fifth Classified Cru in 1855

Controlled Appellation of Origin : Pauillac

Vineyard area : 28 hectares

Soils : Garonne gravel on chalky clay substratum

Varietals : 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17 % Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot

Age of the vines : 30 years old

Portes greffes : 101-14, 3309, 41B, Riparia Gloire

Cultivation : traditional method (ploughing, clearing soil from around young vines to ease pruning)

Harvest : done by hand

Vinification, maturing and ageing :

- Vinification in stainless steel vat with temperature control by thermal pipe

- Length of vating between three weeks and one month

- Malolactic fermentation in barrels (25%)

- Traditional ageing around 16 months in oak barrels (40% new oak barrels each years)

- Fining in barrel with white of the egg

Name of the second wine : La Chapelle de Bages

Bottling : at the château