60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
Bordeaux, France
Full Body
Graves' typical sandy, gravelly clay soil allows the purity of the fruit shines through. Fresh, elegant, and balanced, with well-integrated tannin. The wine is aged in 50% new oak, 50% stainless steel.
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Vineyards & Viticulture: Château Respide-Médeville is situated on the summit of the first gravel hill north of Langon, with a view over the Garonne valley. The three-hectare vineyard is spread out around the château on a mosaic of terroirs in the heart of Graves. The Merlot is planted on gravel mixed with sand on a bed of clay.
Soils: Sand, gravel
Harvest & Vinification: Grapes are manually harvested and macerated, 20% whole-bunch, in stainless steel vats for 21 days with regular pump overs. Malolactic fermentation takes place separately: 50% of the fermented blend is aged in new oak for 12 months, while 50% continues to age in stainless steel.
Producer Profile: Julie and Xavier Gonet-Médeville are, in many ways, the first couple of French wines. Both hail from storied winemaking families: Julie's family is famous for its incomparable Chateau Gilette, and Xavier comes from a long line of Champagne growers in Le Mesnil. Leading a new generation of winemakers, they bring their family knowledge, methods and passion to the many wines they now make together.
Julie's father, Christian Médeville, brought Château Respide-Médeville, in the heart of the Graves region of Bordeaux, into the family estate in 1984. Today, his daughter and her husband coax great Graves Blanc and Rouge from the sandy, gravelly clay soil, allowing the purity of the fruit to shine through.
At Château Respide-Médeville, Julie and Xavier celebrate in their wines what makes the Graves their home: the gravel soils that define the terroir.
