Château de Parenchère Cuvée Raphaël

Cuvée Raphaël Bordeaux Supérieur bottle image

Wine Description

Château de Parenchère is located at the easternmost reaches of the Bordeaux region, bordering the Dordogne department. The total size of the estate is 188 hectares of which 67 hectares are dedicated to vineyard (63 hectares of red grape varieties and 4 hectares of white). The estate dates from the 16th century and the château was built in 1731.

The winemaking cellar was designed to have a plot by plot approach in order to respect the variety of soils and exposures of Parenchère. Grapes are harvested at low temperatures. Six to eight cold maceration precedes fermentation which occurs in concrete tanks. The wines are aged in concrete tanks or barriques, depending on the wine.

Cuvée Raphaël is the flagship wine of Parenchère and is made in memory of the renovator of the estate: Raphaël Gazaniol. It is produced from a selection of the finest plots and oldest vines with especially low yields. The vines are 40 years old on average and are planted on well-draining chalky clay soils. Cuvée Raphaël is aged in a mix of new and used French oak barriques.

Château de Parenchère Barriques
Château and Lower Plot
Doors of the Cuvées
Per Landin, Richard Curty, and Julia Gazaniol
View of the Estate
Château de Parenchère
View of the Chateau from the Vineyard
Château de Parenchère Aerial View
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Acclaim
“A straight-out, delicious, medium-bodied red that offers plenty of ripe darker cherries and berry-fruit aromas and flavors amid fresh spiced chocolate, cocoa and fine-grained tannins.”
— James Suckling, Feb 2018
“There is plenty of fruit to find in this generous wine. Its tannins and dense structure are just part of its ripe future. The berry fruits and acidity promise a delicious wine from 2018.”
— Wine Enthusiast, Sep 2017
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Château de Parenchère
Vineyard size
168 acres
Soil composition
Clay & Chalk
Yield/acre:
2.1 tons
Exposure:
Eastern / Western
Year vineyard planted:
1958
First vintage of this wine:
1988
Bottles produced of this wine:
60,000
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
1 months
Varietal composition:
50% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc
Fermentation container:
Cement vats
Maceration technique:
Punchdown and Pumpovers
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Fining agent:
Vegan
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 Liters
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
14
Age of Aging Container:
40% New
Total SO2
45
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.6
Acidity:
3.3 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Total SO2
45
Residual sugar:
0.2 g/L