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The Cazenove Wine
In 1989, Mme Wilhelmina de Cazenove van Essen and her children decided to restore the old vineyard. This is how the Château de Cazenove came into existence. We selected the perfect parcels of "palus secs", then planted them with the adequate grape-varieties : Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, that yield excellent results in this fertile soil. We farm the vineyard with attentive care, as green-harvesting, thinning out the leaves, for a better quality of grapes. Each parcel and grape-variety is vinifyed separately in stainless still tanks. We proceed to a rather long fermentation on the skins, under controlled temperature to extract the vintage's character. Later on the wine is aged in oak casks and yields harmonious finesse and complexity. Also a precise oenologyc control in strict respect of tradition enabled the Château de Cazenove to recover the past glory. Amateurs of young wines will be pleased but patience will be very rewarding ! Technical Data
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At the end of the nineteenth century, the vineyard "La Maqueline" was part of a great estates owned by Mr Nathaniel Johnston. That domain encompassed great wine estate, as Château Dauzac, ranked "5 th grand cru classé Margaux", and bordered La Maqueline's estate, next to the actual Château de Cazenove. Château Dauzac, as a groundbreaking estate, created first the sparkling wine and discovered the Bordeaux gruel to fight against brown rot.