Château de Pressac 2024

A Powerful and Elegantly Refined Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé

The Estate
The Château de Pressac, located in Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse in Gironde, is a historic Bordeaux estate, famous for the English surrender of 1453. Since 1997, Jean-François and Dominique Quénin have been managing this Grand Cru Classé, classified in 2012, which stands out for its neo-medieval architecture and a blend of grape varieties including malbec and carménère. In 2021, a new winery was inaugurated, reinforcing the estate's commitment to innovation while preserving its rich heritage.

The Vineyard
The vineyard of Château de Pressac extends over 39 hectares in production for 2024. Located on the heights of Saint-Émilion, it benefits from an exceptional terroir where the vine is cultivated according to the principles of reasoned struggle. Viticultural practices include sexual confusion, soil work and grassing, complemented by manual interventions such as disbudding, leaf thinning and thinning to optimize the quality of the grapes.

Vinification and Aging
Manual harvest accompanied by a rigorous double sorting on a vibrating table and Tribaie densimetric sorting. Gravity vatting, with 20% of whole harvest, preserves the integrity of the berries. Fermentation is carried out with gentle pump-overs and/or rack and returns during 18 to 21 days of maceration. Malolactic fermentations partially take place in new barrels, before an aging period of 16 to 18 months in barrels (93% of which 40% are new wood) and amphorae (7%).

Blend
The Château de Pressac 2024 is the result of a blend dominated by merlot (67.2%), complemented by cabernet-franc (18.3%), cabernet-sauvignon (10.4%), and touches of carménère (1.8%), petit verdot (1.3%) and malbec (1%).