Château Meylet
The estate cuvée, aged for two years in 500-litre barrels. The 2019 sheet lists 60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Malbec; this blend is not…
Terroir
Three parcels, Meylet, La Gomerie and Gravet, have limestone sands and iron-rich clay over gravel. Vines aged between seventy and 110 years.
Winemaking
Hand harvesting, a gravity-fed cellar, cap punching with a wooden pole and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Two years in 500-litre barrels; unfined, unfiltered and with no added sulphites. Documented blend for the 2019 vintage: 60 % Merlot · 25 % Cabernet Franc · 12 % Cabernet Sauvignon · 3 % Malbec. These proportions do not apply automatically to other vintages.
Tasting
Direct fruit, rounded texture and balance, in a classic Bordeaux expression.