Chateau TOUR SAINT-ANDRE is made in a pleasant, easy-to-drink style. This wine is best enjoyed in its youth, when it is full of ripe fruit. Care is taken during winemaking to produce a soft, fruity, elegant wine that is pleasant to drink young. It will continue to improve for about five years, although it can age for much longer according to wine lovers' preferences.
AREA UNDER VINE :
Second wine of Chateau Haut-Chaigneau (approximately 10.5 hectares)
Siliceous-clay and clay-gravel-sand (for most of the vineyard) on the Chevrol plateau in the commune of Neac, close to Grand Ormeau and Les Cruzelles in the Lalande de Pomerol appellation
GRAPE VARIETIES :
35% Merlot - 10% Cabernet Sauvignon - 55% Cabernet Franc
AVERAGE OF THE VINES :
25 years old
AGEING :
10-14 months in oak barrels, 70% of which have been used to age two vintages and 30% for one vintage. Underground cellar specially designed for ageing fine wine.
