1989 Château Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France MAG 1.5LABOUT THIS PRODUCER Premier Grand Cru Class in Saint milion adjacent to Chteau Pavie. The Chteau also produces a second wine since 1985 named Chteau Mondot. Originally part of the De Sze estate in the 18th century, the vineyard situated on the crest of Mondot included what is today Pavie. By the mid 19th century, the Mondot family had acquired a great portion of the land, and in 1936 it came into the ownership of Alexandre Valette. Historically not a

These pebbles called “Galets Roulés” play a big role: They take in the heat during the day and let it if off slowly at night which gives a good start to the vines in the Spring

makes for a great value from the Priorat

just north of Vienne on the left bank

allowing for more intense colors

Once malolactic fermentation is complete the wine spends 11 months without racking with weekly bâtonnage in 30% new barrels (origin: Allier

The soils of are diversely structured

Grand Cru Clos des Ruchottes

Handpicked

Château Ormes de Pez belongs to the Médoc landscape since the 18th century

Xavier uses a combination of pump-over and punch-down for extraction

making it an elegant example of Bourgogne Blanc

and they are dry farmed