Company Name:Vignobles Signe

Vintage2007 

Format750 ml

ColorRed 

CategoryStill Wine 

Country/RegionFrance, Bordeaux

Type of VineBlend

AppellationPremières côtes de Bordeaux

ClassificationA.O.C. 

Alcohol Percentage12.5 %

Reference Price3.5 EUR

Sugar Rate0-5 g/l 

Contest(s)

Bordeaux Vins d'Aquitaine:
(2007)BRONZE

Bordeaux Vins d'Aquitaine:
(2006)SILVER

General

Tasting Notes:Lovely, deep, ruby-red colour. Powerful, complex bouquet, redolent of ripe fruit and fresh-roasted coffee. On the palate, it is soft, elegant and fruity with discreet hints of oak. The delightfully long aftertaste has rich, vanilla overtones.

Packing and Packaging

Case Weight:15 kgs

Number of Rows:9

Number of Cases per Row:5.5

Number of Cases per Palette:50

Palette Weight:750 kgs

Minimum Purchase Quantity:600 bottles

Available Quantity:20000 bottles

Vineyard

% of Grape / Cépage:70% merlot, 10% cabernet-franc, 20% cabernet-sauvignon

Soil:gravel

Date of Harvest:2005/09/20

Type of Harvest:Harvest machine

Vinification (Wine-making)

Method:De-stemming, alcoholic fermentation and maceration during 15 days. Malolactic fermentation in barrels. Pumping over. Barrel-ageing during 8 months

Temperature:28°C

Length:2 weeks

Malolactic:yes in oak barrels

Barrel

Manufacturer (Cooper):thales

Age of Barrel:6 months

Type of Wood:both french and us

Aging Time:8 months

Percentage of New Barrel:1/3

Bottle

Date of Bottling:2006/11/03

Aging Potential:10 years

Cork Size:48 mm

Cork Material:natural

Chemical-Laboratory analysis

PH:3.75

Method of Fining / Collage:Both of them

Total Acidity:3.38

Volatile Acidity:0.35

Total SO2:74

Free SO2:29