CHATEAU GRAND ORMEAU - LALANDE DE POMEROL

Château Grand Ormeau

Vineyard area: 9 ha

Geology: A selection of soils with characteristic gravel on the surface and a clay sub-soil

Varietal range: Merlot 70 %, Cabernet Franc 15 % et Cabernet Sauvignon 15%
Vine age: Over 20 years old
Vineyard management: Single Guyot pruning. Cluster thinning mid-veraison to produce yields of 45 hl/ha

Grape harvest: Hand picking followed by thorough sorting
Winemaking: In temperature-controlled stainless steel and wooden tanks with an average vatting time of 3 weeks. Some of the wines undergo malolactic fermentation in casks. The others stay in tanks until being transferred to casks.
Ageing: from 13 to 16 months in barrels depending on the vintage. The wines are matured in French oak barrels, with 30% new casks renewed annually.

The wines are lightly filtered before bottling.