Les Cèdres d'Hosten
2002

Second vin du Château Fourcas Hosten

Un millésime très qualitatif

Technical Specifications

Soil : 60% Pyrenean gravel over a clayey subsoil, limestone shelf, 40% clayey limestone.

Varietals : 45% Merlot on clayey limestone plateau, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc on Pyrenean gravel.

Average age of the vines: over 25 years old

Harvesting Methods : 70% hand-picked and 30% mechanical.

Vinification :

Vats entirely thermo-regulated. Vinification by varietal and quality of the harvest. Traditional vinification: daily periodic pumping over of the tank volume. Controlled fermentation temperature between 26 and 28 degrees Celsius. Devatting on average 3 weeks after the start of alcoholic fermentation.

Ageing : 25% des lots ont passé 12 mois en barriques, le reste a été élevé en cuve.

Fining : Egg white is used.

Bottling : la totalité de la récolte est mise en bouteille au chateau.

Average annual production: env. 60000 bottles