Château la Croix Bonnelle Saint

Château la Croix Bonnelle
Saint-Emilion
SCEA des Vignobles Sulzer
33330 Saint-Pey D’Armens
Tél : +33 (0)5 57 47 18 12
Fax : + 33 (0)5 57 47 16 83
[email protected]
Wine Character : A nice, easy drinking wine with a Saint-
Emilion typicity.
Production : 15 000 bouteilles de Château La Croix
Bonnelle, disponibles en 750ml et 1500 ml.
Vineyards : 13 hectares planted with 80% Merlot and 20%
Cabernet Franc, most of which are over 40 years old.
Density is 6000 vines per hectare.
Soils : Lay and sand with iron deposits over deep
gravel.
Viticulture : Grasses are allowed to grow between the rows
of vines and organic fertilizers are used by rotation every
five years. Pruning is in a double ‘Guyot’ system severely
limiting the number of buds. Manual de leafing and
‘reasonable’ treatment of vines. Green harvesting when
necessary. Manual and mechanical harvesting.
Vinification : Total de stemming and double sorting of
grapes. Pre fermentation, cold maceration for optimum
extraction of fruit aromas. Fermentation in small,
temperature controlled, stainless steel tanks to respect the
grapes’ maturity and ‘terroir’.
Ageing : 6 months in French oak barriques renewed every 3
years. Part of the wood used in the barrels come from our
own forests in the Dordogne. Bottling and storage at the
Chateau.
Medails:
Château La Croix Bonnelle 2004 - Médaille d'argent au concours
général de Paris 2006
Château La Croix Bonnelle 2007 - Médaille d'argent au concours des
Vins de Paris 2010