Vieux Château Saint André - Magnum 2016
Vieux Château Saint-André is located in Montagne Saint-Emilion, in the Bordeaux wine region. It belongs to the Berrouet family. The Berrouet brothers, Jeff & Olivier, are the artisans of the family's vineyards whose history begins in the 1970s when their father Jean-Claude set out in search of a few hectares of beautiful vines on the heights of Saint-Emilion. Responsible for all the vineyards of the Moueix family, Jean-Claude embarks on the Vignobles Berrouet adventure with his first hectares near the Church of Saint-Georges, on clay-limestone soils of Montagne Saint-Emilion. It will then take the name of Vieux Château Saint-André which was attached to these plots, but which was no longer exploited. The estate will be 4.5 hectares in 1979, then will be completed in 1982 by 1.5 hectares with Château Samion in the Lalande de Pomerol appellation, bringing the vineyards to a size of 6 hectares until 2003. Since 2002, it's Jeff, the youngest son who runs the various family vineyards while benefiting from the wise advice of his father and the support of his brother Olivier.
Vieux Château Saint-André is a blend of Merlot (85%) and Cabernet Franc (15%), cultivated using sustainable methods. The extraction is gentle, the fermentation is moderate and the wine is kept in vats until the end of the malolactic fermentation. Blending is done before placing in barrels and aging lasts a year or more with a rather low proportion of new wood (15 to 20%).
Grape varieties: 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc