Château Villemaurine 2025

Characteristics and tasting advice for Château Villemaurine 2025

Tasting

Appearance
This wine reveals a brilliant hue.

Nose
The aromatic bouquet stands out for its fine complexity, revealing intense notes of concentrated fruit.

Palate
The tasting offers a powerful, precise and perfectly balanced profile. It displays lovely tension and great freshness, supported by an elegant structure and mineral touches reminiscent of pumice stone and slate.

Food and wine pairings

This grand cru pairs beautifully with roasted or grilled meats such as beef, veal, duck or lamb. It also matches perfectly with a risotto of wild mushrooms and truffle oil.

Serving and cellaring

To fully appreciate this vintage, it is recommended to serve it at a temperature of around 15.5 °C (60 °F). Decanting for one to one and a half hours is advised in its youth. This wine has excellent ageing potential and can be enjoyed until 2045.

The elegance of a great limestone terroir in Saint-Émilion

The estate

Located in the heart of the prestigious Bordeaux region, Château Villemaurine is a historic gem whose vineyard was unified in its current form in 1893. Now managed by the Lefevere family, this exceptional estate enjoys a prime location in the immediate vicinity of the famous medieval town. Renowned for its excellence, it stands out for its constant pursuit of quality, combining centuries-old heritage with modern facilities to enhance its unique terroir.

The vineyard

The estate covers a single 7.30-hectare plot under production, ideally located on the famous plateau of Saint-Émilion. The vines, averaging 35 years of age, thrive on clay-limestone soils resting on a subsoil of asteriated limestone, ensuring excellent natural water regulation. Certified HVE 4, the property is committed to a rigorous environmental approach, favoring manual soil work, careful canopy management and a reasoned use of phytosanitary treatments.

The vintage

The growing cycle of this year began under the best auspices with a particularly healthy spring. The season then continued with a summer marked by intense heat. Faced with these demanding climatic conditions, harvest dates were meticulously adjusted to ensure optimal ripeness of the berries.

Winemaking and ageing

The harvest took place manually in crates between September 10 and 22. After double sorting, manual and densimetric, the berries enter the vats by gravity. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled double-walled stainless steel vats of 68 hl as well as in wooden vats, paced by punch-downs and pump-overs. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels. Finally, the wine is aged in 50% new French oak barrels, 30% small wooden vats and 20% one-year-old barrels. Alcohol content: 14% vol.

Grape varieties

The blend of this Château Villemaurine 2025 is composed of 80% merlot, 15% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon.