Grand Saint Brice

MÉDOC AOC – BORDEAUX – FRANCE

This cuvée created in 1985 is produced from a selection of the most beautiful clay-limestone and gravelly soils from the Saint-Brice winery. This top-of-the-range cuvée is a great classic of the appellation, as it is both powerful and fruity, and made for keeping.

Awards
2020 VINTAGE : Gold Bordeaux 2022
2019 VINTAGE : Silver Bordeaux 2021
2018 VINTAGE : 1* Guide Hachette 2022
2017 VINTAGE : Silver Paris 2019 + Silver Bordeaux 2019 + 1* Guide Hachette 2021
2011 VINTAGE : Silver Bordeaux

Terroir

Gravel and clay-limestone

Surface

20 hectares
Grape varieties
50 % Merlot
50 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Servicing
Serving temperature: 17 / 18 °C
Decant 1 to 2 hours before serving
The wine is not treated, deposit is natural
Pairing
Red meats and game, dishes in sauce and old gouda when it evolves
Technical
Yield : between 40 and 50 hl/ha
Sorting grapes on the vine
Traditional vinification in thermo-regulated vats
Matured for 18 months, including 12 months in barrels (1/3 new barrels)
Light gluing and loosely filtered to preserve all the organoleptic qualities
A slight natural deposit may form and doesn't alter the gustatory qualities of the wine
Bottling at the property