{"id":17803,"date":"2018-02-09T08:48:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T07:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4629.phpnet.org\/darricaudbackup\/?page_id=17803"},"modified":"2018-04-18T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T13:03:51","slug":"cuvee-du-comte-red-graves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/cuvee-du-comte-red-graves\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCuv\u00e9e du Comte\u201d red Graves"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” enable_parallax=”” parallax_speed=”0.5″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”18044″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]\n

CHATEAU D\u2019ARRICAUD<\/strong><\/h2>\n

R\u00e9serve du Comte<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cCuv\u00e9e du Comte\u201d red Graves<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A joy to drink!<\/strong>
\nAn exquisite, silky, fruity red Grave<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1522782633522{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”]GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION<\/strong> : In the heart of Graves, on one of the region\u2019s characteristic gravelly hillocks, the vineyard is planted on a south-east facing slope, looking out over the undulating landscape of Sauternes and the Entre-deux-Mers.<\/p>\n

AREA<\/strong> : 8 hectares.<\/p>\n

TERROIR<\/strong> : Clayey gravel and clay-limestone.<\/p>\n

GRAPE VARIETIES<\/strong> : 70% Merlot. 28% Cabernet Sauvignon. 2% Petit Verdot.<\/p>\n

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES<\/strong> : 35 years.<\/p>\n

PLANTING DENSITY<\/strong> : 5,500 vines per hectare.<\/p>\n

GROWING METHODS<\/strong> : Bordeaux-style \u201c\u00e0 c\u00f4t\u201d short pruning and single Guyot. Ploughing and controlled grassing. Leaf stripping and thinning of bunches.<\/p>\n

YIELD<\/strong> : 46 hl\/hectare.<\/p>\n

HARVEST<\/strong> : Each manual and mechanical harvest, with sorting of the grapes in the vineyard, is subject to strict selection at the Ch\u00e2teau.<\/p>\n

VINIFICATION<\/strong> : Fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats at 28\u00b0C. Long maceration period of four weeks. Malolactic fermentation.<\/p>\n

MATURING<\/strong> : Maturing period in vats: 18 months.<\/p>\n

PACKAGING<\/strong> : Cardboard boxes of 12 horizontal \u201cexport\u201d bottles. Cardboard boxes of 6 horizontal bottles.<\/p>\n

TASTING NOTE<\/strong> : Powerful, fruity, spicy bouquet. Well-rounded on the palate with notes of ripe fruit and a full-bodied tannic structure. Good length with lingering flavours.<\/p>\n

FOOD AND WINE PAIRING<\/strong> : Meat and cheeses. Open in advance or aerate the wine by decanting it.<\/p>\n

SERVING TEMPERATURE<\/strong> : 17-18\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

AGEING POTENTIAL<\/strong> : 10 years.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_btn title=”TECHNICAL SHEET” shape=”square” color=”primary” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-file-pdf-o” add_icon=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fp4629.phpnet.org%2Fdarricaudbackup%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F03%2FGRAVES-ROUGE-RESERVE-DU-COMTE-ANGLAIS.pdf||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” enable_parallax=”” parallax_speed=”0.5″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”18044″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text] CHATEAU D\u2019ARRICAUD R\u00e9serve du Comte [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text] \u201cCuv\u00e9e du Comte\u201d red Graves A joy to drink! An exquisite, silky, fruity red Graves. [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1522782633522{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”]GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION : In the heart of Graves, on one of the region\u2019s characteristic gravelly hillocks, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-home.php","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17803","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17803"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18439,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17803\/revisions\/18439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-darricaud.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}