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Vinification & élevage
One of the specificities of Chateau de Rouillac is the determination of the best blend before the aging process begins. In this way the wine can mature at its own pace, serenely taking its time to reach its apogee. This task of defining the ideal composition took place on December 22nd under the auspices of…
Very precisely 102 new barrels were delivered at the beginning of January. Sophie Burguet, our cellar-master, has begun her preparation and the installation of these barrels, each one of which will contain 225 litres of the 2016 vintage for between 16 and 18 months. Our principal partners, Nadalié, Sylvain, Vicard, Allary, Taransaud, etc, select the…
Starting on December 5th 2016 our staff in the vineyard, André, Nuno, and Georges, have been pruning the vines. The origin of this ancestral operation that is essential for quality production is the appetite of……a donkey !, In effect, in antiquity vines were never pruned. One day a winegrower realised to his horror that his donkey…
There are moments in life that are important, and 2017 is such a moment that has been noted in my diary for a long time. In effect, when we arrived at Rouillac in January 2010 I started to write the first pages of a new family history. I had a vision and an ambition for…