Château Puyfromage

Vintage 2020

Vintage 2020: Extreme climatology and precocity for balanced wines

Millésime 2017 du Château PuyfromageWeather conditions :

All the months of this vintage were warmer than their average for the last 30 years !
Climate: a very mild winter, a spring with extreme weather conditions (hail storm on April 17th, heavy rain in May leading to flooding), a scorching summer and an optimal Indian summer.
Flowering happended around May 20th which is more than two weeks earlier than usual. LThe weather conditions allowed for homogeneous flowering and rapid and regular fruit set.
Veraison was also early with the first colored berries in mid-July.
Veraison happened under a scorching heat and was over by the beginning of August. Those high temperatures did not cause any water stress except on the youngest plots.

The first 15 days of September were exceptional in terms of sunshine.
Great thermal range between day and night allowed to reach a good phenolic maturity and therefore guaranteed the development of aromas.
The sun helped reach a beautiful ripening of the berries, thus guaranteeing the good development of the anthocyanins.

Harvest and vinification :

The harvest began on September 17th and ended on September 30th.
The Indian summer allowed us to wait for the optimum maturity of each plot. The balance between alcohol, acidity and tannins was thus there.

The very good maturity of the Merlots grapes allowed us to carry out pre-fermentation extractions in order to obtain great aromatic richness. The phenolic compounds (polyphenols and anthocyanins) were extracted under excellent conditions.

Daily tastings allowed us to adapt the frequency and duration of pumping over and punching down for each vat in order to extract the tannic potential without harshness.

Wines :

High quality wines with very good balance between alcohol, acidity and tannins.

The batches made from Merlot grapes are colorful, intensely fruity and tasty. They have a good tannic structure, without rusticity or dilution.
The batches made from Cabernet grapes give colorful and tannic wines without any marked green character.
The blend produced an expressive wine, balanced with a lot of freshness and finesse.

The Sauvignon and Semillon grapes, harvested in perfect sanitary condition and at maturity, give a wine with a beautiful freshness on citrus notes and an interesting length in the mouth; the muscadelle bringing its touch of complexity with notes of fruit and white flowers.

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