White
2021
SAUTERNES & BARSAC
ALEXANDRE DE LUR SALUCES
Varietal blend
80% Sémillon
20% Sauvignon
Alcohol by volume
13,5°
Quantity produced
8000 bottles
Size of the vineyard
21 ha
Average age of vines
35 years old
Grape varieties
80% Sémillon
20% Sauvignon
Soil type
Clay and gravels
Vineyard skills
HVE certification
Yields in hls/ha
3 hls/ha
Vinification
NC
Maturing/ageing : 30 months
Owner's words
2021 at Château de Fargues has been full of pitfalls. No difficulties were spared : frost in early April, spinning, coulure, mildew, leafhoppers and fruit flies! The harvest, in October, led our pickers to carry out one of the most severe sorting of their careers : they threw aay 2/3 of the grapes. Nature, at Fargues, does not always favor quantity : at the cost of relentless stubbornness, we brought in 25 barrels, a quarter of a glass per vine! After fermentation in new barrels, we continue the ageing process with 60% of one and a half year old barrels to pacify the extraction; Thnaks to these tireless efforts, the wine has a particularly seductive balance, supported by purity and aromatic freshness. A wine that will pair well, for example, with white asparagus and a citrus sauce.