Château La Fleur Peyrabon

AOC Pauillac, Cru Bourgeois (2003 Classification)

Château La Fleur Peyrabon is made from 7 hectares of vines on sandy-gravel top soil on clay-limestone sub soil that lie within the Pauillac Appellation. In autumn 2005, 2 hectares of vines were purchased, ideally situated between Château Lafite-Rothschild and Château Mouton-Rothschild in the commune of La Lande de Berret. Of this, the 1.10 hectares that were planted over 15 years ago will certainly go into the final blend of La Fleur Peyrabon 2006.

As with the majority of Left Bank Bordeaux wines, Cabernet Sauvignon is the dominant grape variety. At the end of the replanting programme, the vineyards of La Fleur Peyrabon will be made up of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot.

Vineyard density is between 6,500 and 8,500 vines per hectare and the average age of the vines is 20 years. Picking for La Fleur Peyrabon is entirely by hand and the wines are matured for an average of 14 months in oak barrels, 50% of which are new.