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CHÂTEAU MACQUIN AOC ST GEORGES ST-ÉMILION Vintage 2008

Owner Vignobles Corre-Macquin Vineyard area: 31 ha Average age of the vines 35 years Average yield: 40 hl/ha Density 5000 feet / ha Production 49 000 bottles Grape varieties Merlot: 80 % Cabernet Sauvignon : 10% Cabernet Franc 10 % Soil Clayey - calcacerous.

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CHÂTEAU MACQUIN AOC ST GEORGES ST-ÉMILION Vintage 2008

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  1. Owner Vignobles Corre-Macquin Vineyard area: 31 ha Average age of the vines 35 years Average yield: 40 hl/ha Density 5000 feet / ha Production 49 000 bottles Grape varieties Merlot: 80 % Cabernet Sauvignon : 10% Cabernet Franc 10 % Soil Clayey - calcacerous Maturing and making 8 to 10 days alcoholic fermentation. 3 to 4 week maceration. Ageing in oak barrels during 9 months. Matching food Red meats, cheeses. Tasting note Garnet-red colour. Intense nose with ripe red fruits lightly woody. In the mouth, fresh & rich, mellowed tannins with great intensity. Supple and unctuous finale. CHÂTEAU MACQUINAOC ST GEORGES ST-ÉMILIONVintage 2008 With less than 200 ha, AOC Saint George of Saint Emilion is the smallest appellation from the ones close to Saint Emilion appellation. Château Macquin was created by Albert Macquin, first agronomic engineer to plant again after the philloxera. It is a 31 ha vineyard, mainly merlot planted, giving strong wines, generous, almost as famous as Saint Emilion wines.

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