Community Tasting Note
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chumpalumpa wrote:
February 12, 2006 - Château Canevault is a small vineyard of 10 hectares, located in the municipality of LUGON (33). A sale of this Château established in 1763, confirms its very old origins.
This vineyard has a privileged situation. One part of it is found on the galleries formed in the past for the extraction of stones used to build the houses in the region. The other part is situated in a magnificent coomb, with Southwest exposure, surrounded by rocky walls amplifying the sun reflection. The vineyard is made of about 1/3 of vines over 50 years old, and it is carefully upkept by plantation of different varieties.
Besides the soil and the grape varieties age, the yield is and will remain very low. Wines from this small vineyard are vinified according to local tradition, produced in vats, and have all the qualities of great growths of Fronsac. The wines have fine bouquets and are "masculine", well-constituted, plenty of finesse, with great ability to age. They must be tasted at room temperature, can be served with game, red meat, wine-based sauces and fermented cheeses.
The curiosity of this growth relies on the underground galleries which cross of the vineyard's sub-oil, where all the bottles of Château Canevault are stored in ideal conditions (high hygrometry, calm, obscurity, constant temperature). During the warm periods of May to September, the vats are also stored here.2,435 views