Ownership
M. Xavier Jean
Director
M. Denis Pomarède
Oenologist
M. Thomas Duclos
Presentation
We harvested the CALICEM plots on 19 September 2020, about one week earlier than in the previous four vintages. After a warm and sunny summer, we had
obtained beautiful ripeness and very expressive berries, full of black fruit flavors, by mid-September. CALICEM 2020 is powerful and intense, the nearly two-year ageing has amplified the tannic complexity and structure of the vintage, while preserving the trademark long and saline finish.Origin
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
History
Plot acquired in 2014, adjacent to the classified plots of Couvent des Jacobins on the Southwest Slope, and at the Lieu-dit Mazerat, at the heart of the Southwest Amphitheater.
Estate size
About 1 hectare
Vineyard age
Vines of about 60 years.
Yield
Yields were limited to about 25 hectolitres per hectare given the age of the vines.
Production
Only about 2,240 bottles plus a few large formats.
Blend
100% merlot.
Vine works
Special attention placed on managing the old age of the vines. Plot conducted using the requirements of organic farming.
Harvest
100 % hand harvests on September 19, 2020, with a first grape selection on the vine.
Winemaking
Whole-barrel vinification ('vinification intégrale') in six 500-litre barrels for the whole plot. Daily slow manual pigeages for color extraction. Barrel-specific extractions at moderate temperatures to obtain silky tannins.
Ageing
Exclusively in new French oak barrels of 500L from the Allier / Tronçais / Bertranges forests. Ageing during 22 months in oak.
Miscellaneous Data
Alcohol: 14.5% vol. and pH of about 3.70.
CALICEM 2020 was bottled in September 2022.