2020 Chateau Haut Segottes, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux France Vignale di Cecilia Fermented with no malolactic fermentation

Fermented with no malolactic fermentation

Other details: Very low sulfites added

sandy soils mixed with pink quartz & the other half has more organic matter as well as large shale outcroppings

11 months on its skins in large amphoras makes the wine an intense orange color

The standard bearer of the estate

2020 Chateau Haut Segottes, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux France Vignale di Cecilia Fermented with no malolactic fermentationTradition reigns at Chteau Haut Segottes. Harvest is manual; fermentation takes place in cuve; wines are rotated into barrel for an levage of 18 months; approximately 20% of the barrels are new; wines are bottled unfiltered. Although the majority of the vineyards are planted to Merlot, the ultimate cuve bottled as Saint milion Grand Cru features a majority of Cabernet Franc. This dominance of Cabernet Franc, frequently on the order of 65%, produces a