2020 Chateau Haut Segottes, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux France Encosta da Quinta The 2021 County Line Chardonnay

The 2021 County Line Chardonnay unfurls with a delicate roundness

and given 24 hours of skin-contact before spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel

Grown on clay-limestone with southeast exposure

All the grapes that go into it (an ever-changing mix of white and red varieties) are fermented whole-cluster

280-300-meters elevation

2020 Chateau Haut Segottes, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux France Encosta da Quinta The 2021 County Line ChardonnayTradition reigns at Chteau Haut Segottes. Harvest is manual; fermentation takes place in cuve; wines are rotated into barrel for an levage of 18 months; approximately 20% of the barrels are new; wines are bottled unfiltered. Although the majority of the vineyards are planted to Merlot, the ultimate cuve bottled as Saint milion Grand Cru features a majority of Cabernet Franc. This dominance of Cabernet Franc, frequently on the order of 65%, produces a