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Once calm is restored after the harvest, the ageing of the Grand Vin, now blended, continues for around 12 more months; at Ch\u00e2teau Ph\u00e9lan S\u00e9gur, the ageing is a fundamental step. The proportion of new barrels never exceeds 50%. Five coopers loyal to the property have contributed their know-how over many years.\u00a0 While complying with very precise technical specifications, the diversity of their respective products (origin of the wood, drying time, toasting, know-how) express themselves differently each vintage. Oxygen, oak tannins, and the aromas they bring are essential to the stabilisation of the wine and its development. Meticulous topping up of the barrels protects the wine from oxidation.<\/p>\n
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\nThe traditional technique of racking from barrel to barrel<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Manual racking from barrel to barrel, a long and difficult technique, is still carried on. This is now only practised in the greatest ch\u00e2teaux, and takes up nearly all the time of two people throughout the year.\u00a0 To go further…<\/a><\/p>\n
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Bottling in the spring<\/h2>\n
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] A cohesive link with the coopers [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text] Once calm is restored after the harvest, the ageing of the Grand Vin, now blended, continues for around 12 more months; at Ch\u00e2teau Ph\u00e9lan S\u00e9gur, the ageing is a fundamental step. The proportion of new barrels never exceeds 50%. Five coopers loyal to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1701,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n