Château Le Geai - Plasma - Cabernet sauvignon 2018
Located in the north of Libournais in Bordeaux, Henri Duporge's estate covers 18 hectares planted with Merlot, Cabernet, Malbec and Carménère Noire. He is the owner of Château Le Geai and Château Touzet. In 2000, he took over the family estate and created Château Le Geai, in an organic and biodynamic farming approach. He himself takes care of the work of the vine, the vinification and the elaboration of the wine. The different grape varieties are vinified separately and Henri Duporge uses a very little interventionist technique called "Glougloutage". This consists of immersing the marc and maintaining it throughout its fermentation in an enclosed environment without any intervention; a bung allows the gas to escape and the wine to "gurgle" in the middle of the matter.
The Plasma cuvée is a blend of Merlot (68%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%), Malbec (6%) and Carménère (6%), grown on the slopes overlooking the Isle River on sandy clay soil. The different grape varieties are vinified separately with only natural sulfur from volcanic rock. The winemaking methods vary between pigeage and pumping over.
Grape varieties: 68% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Malbec, 6% Carménère