Chateau Penau Laplagne 2018, Puisseguin Saint Emilion

🍇 100% Merlot - Ageing: 50% in new oak barrels and 50% in one-wine oak barrels ☘️ Certified HVE 3 (High Environmental Value) 🍷 Sustained color, garnet reflections. Nose of ripe fruit, toasted note, liquorice. The palate is fresh and radiant. A balanced whole on the fruit, the aromas of the nose very present. Rather straight finish where the tannins are felt. 👪 The property where Michel SAURUE's parents worked as farm workers was put up for sale. They did not want to move, so they bought part of the property with their children. Michel SAURUE bought the property from his uncle with Maryse FRANÇOIS, they planted vines and the first harvest of Château Penau Laplagne was the 1992 vintage. gave it the name Château Pavillon Ferrand. In 2005 they bought 5 ha of Puisseguin Saint-Émilion. Château Penau Laplagne is located in Puisseguin, in the AOC Puisseguin Saint-Émilion appellation. On the border of the Lussac Saint-Émilion appellation on a clay-limestone terroir facing south-southeast, with an area of one hectare. The rows are worked every other row and naturally grassed.