Château Sansonnet - Single Bottle
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Product code: 00112444
A fully mature Saint-Emilion with wonderful subtlety and elegance, showing soft red fruits, tobacco and earthy spice notes.
Situated at the very top of Saint-Emilion, Château Sansonnet is a classic right-bank estate with a long, suitably complex history. At one point in the 19th century it was owned by Louis XVIII’s prime minister, while in 1999, the d’Aulan family – former owners of Champagne’s Piper-Heidieck house – purchased the estate. Château Sansonnet’s 7.3 hectare vineyard, which lies just to the east of Saint-Emilion village, is planted with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon – the rest made up of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. The terroir here includes thin clay and limestone soils over the typically chalky Saint-Emilion plateau. Winemaking is overseen by consultants Michel Rolland and Jean-Luc Thunevin. Grapes are cold soaked for a week, then gravity-fed to a mix of traditional oak tanks and modern temperature-controlled steel vats for fermentation over 28 days. The wine is matured in French oak barrels (70% new) for 16 months.
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Château Sansonnet - Single Bottle
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Vintage: 1999
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A fully mature Saint-Emilion with wonderful subtlety and elegance, showing soft red fruits, tobacco and earthy spice notes.
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About this bottle: Situated at the very top of Saint-Emilion, Château Sansonnet is a classic right-bank estate with a long, suitably complex history. At one point in the 19th century it was owned by Louis XVIII’s prime minister, while in 1999, the d’Aulan family – former owners of Champagne’s Piper-Heidieck house – purchased the estate. Château Sansonnet’s 7.3 hectare vineyard, which lies just to the east of Saint-Emilion village, is planted with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon – the rest made up of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. The terroir here includes thin clay and limestone soils over the typically chalky Saint-Emilion plateau. Winemaking is overseen by consultants Michel Rolland and Jean-Luc Thunevin. Grapes are cold soaked for a week, then gravity-fed to a mix of traditional oak tanks and modern temperature-controlled steel vats for fermentation over 28 days. The wine is matured in French oak barrels (70% new) for 16 months.
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Bottle size: 750 ml
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Alcohol content: 13 %
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Alcohol units per bottle: 9.8
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Alcohol units per serving: 1.6
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Serving Size: 125 ml
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Allergens: Sulphites
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Stopper type: Cork
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Bottling address: Château Sansonnet, Bordeaux, France
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Ingredients
Ingredients
Grape variety: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
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