Ch.Gigault Cuvee Viva 2007 1500ml

The Chateau Gigault vineyard is planted to 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. In total, the vineyard is 17.7 hectares in the Cotes de Bordeaux appellation. The vineyard is planted in one large, single block of vines. The terroir is clay and limestone with silica deposits in the soil.To produce the wine of Chateau Gigault Cuvee Viva, the grapes are whole berry fermented. Vinification takes place in a combination of small, cement vats and stainless steel tanks that vary in size. To allow for precise vinification on a parcel by parcel basis, the vats range in size from as small as 35 hectoliters to as large as 114 hectoliters. Malolactic fermentation takes place in a combination of French oak barrels and tanks.The wine of Gigault Cuvee Viva is aged in 40% new, French oak barrels for an average of 14 months. Even though the vineyard includes 10% Cabernet Franc, Gigault Cuvee Viva is often close to 100% Merlot in the blend.

Chateau Gigual was created in 1998. The owner, Christophe Reboul Salze, named Cuvee Viva from Chateau Gigault, after his late daughter who passed away that same year in 1998. Located on the left bank of the Gironde River, directly across from Haut-Medoc, is the Premières Côte de Blaye appellation, Chateau Gigault Cuvee Viva was the second purchase of a Bordeaux chateau for Reboul Salze.
The Gigault Cuvee Viva vineyard totals 17.7 hectares in the Cotes de Blaye appellation. The terroir is clay and limestone with occasional silica deposits. The vineyard is planted to 5,500 vines per hectare with vines that are on average, 30 years of age. The vineyard for Gigault Cuvee Viva is planted to 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.

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