Château Rouget

Château Rouget is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol. The winery is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region, in the commune of Pomerol in the department Gironde. Known for already two centuries, the high-class wine of Pomerol castle MULLET has drawn its name from Rougier, its old soil, vaster than today. As all wine produced in this appellation, Château Rouget is unclassified but the estate has been historically estimated among the great growths of the region.[1] Rouget is situated adjacent to Château La Croix-de-Gay.

The estate also produces a second wine Clocher de Rouget.

History

A leading estate according to early editions of Cocks & Féret, the estate belonged to the mayor of Pomerol in 1804.[2] It was bought by Marcel Bertrand in 1925 who passed on management of the estate to his nephew François-Jean Brochet in 1974.

Rouget is currently owned by the Labruyere family, with consultancy by the oenologist Michel Rolland.

Production

The vineyard area extends 18 hectares, with grape varieties of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Rouget produces on average 6,500 cases per year.

Fermentation: Timber sinking cylinders of 50 and 60 hl in order to refine the compartmental selection and to develop each batch, supplemented by tanks out of stainless, all the installation is tempeture controlled.

Soil: Argilo-gravelly on basement of ferruginous iron pan.

Density of vines: 6000 vines/ha

Avg Vine Age: 30 years

Yield: 30 - 35 HL/ha

Harvest: By hand and in small bins

Macerationed: 20 to 30 days according to the batches and the years.

Aging: Out of barrels of oak renewed per half each year.

Fermentation: Malolactic out of barrels. Aging from 15 to 18 months.

Filter: Traditional fining with the fresh egg white. If necessary, light filtering before the setting out of bottle.

Bottled: at the Chateau

References

  1. ↑ Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd. p. 602.
  2. ↑ Peppercorn, David (2003). Bordeaux. London: Mitchell Beazley. pp. 526–527. ISBN 1-84000-927-6.

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