Clos Mae is a bewitching wine, of great concentration, it is the expression of great maturity. The 2014 vintage was marked by a fairly hot summer and a beautiful late season, allowing good maturity: a very nice vintage.
composition 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec.
The dress is black. On the nose, expression of black fruit, blackberry, liquorice ... Fresh attack, beautiful tannic structure and very nice balance.
Unique plot of 1.5 hectares, closed around the castle. Shallow soil of Saint-Estèphe limestone with strong presence of clumps and gray clay on the surface, very stony subsoil of ostrea limestone.
Average age of the vines: 40 years.
Yield of 25 hl / ha. Natural grass cover. No chemicals. Manual leaf stripping and green harvest. Manual harvest.
Long macerations (5 weeks) cold pre-fermentation maceration, indigenous yeast fermentation.
Aging 18 months in barrels, half new barrels, half barrels, one wine.
3000 bottles produced only