Owned by Alain Vauthier, Château Moulin Saint Georges is situated in Saint-Emilion and covers 7 hectares. The vineyards are well sited on the south-west facing 'Pavie' slope. The average age of the vines on this slope is 26 years old, and they are planted at a density of 6500 vines/hectare. Vauthier believes that the quality of his wine is a direct result of how well the vines are tended to, therefore yields are kept extremely low in order to concentrate the flavour, and all grapes are hand-harvested to ensure only the best grapes are used in production.
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. The sample was a little overwhelmed by oak, and seemed a litle muffled - so marginally disappointing for a wine we normally like - but again the mass and flavour concentration are here and...(read more)
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