Château LES JUSTICES 1997
Château Les Justices is located in Sauternes , in the Bordeaux wine region. It belongs to the Gonet-Médeville family , also owners of the legendary Château Gilette, whose wine is aged for 20 years in concrete vats. The vineyard extends over 8.5 hectares and the average age of the vines is 35 years.
Château Les Justices is a blend of Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle . The particularity of the domain is not to involve wood during the vinification. The 1997 vintage for Sauternes and Barsac was excellent . Spring was warm but saw frost which caused damage. A hot and humid month of August gave way to a dry month of September at the start of the harvest. Grapes picked earlier in the harvest tended to be ripe and juicy but unaffected by botrytis. October saw the first cases of noble rot and it was the estates that picked later that reaped the rich rewards that botrytis can bring.
Grapes: Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle