Les Demoiselles Pessac Leognan Rouge

Game, grilled meats, mature cheeses

One third aged in new French oak barrels, one third in second-fill and one third in third-fill barrels for 14 to 18 months.

Plot by plot in small, temperature-controlled concrete vats using gravity-flow for filling. De-stemming without crushing, regular punching down of the cap of skins and long macerations (4 to 5 weeks) Ageing: In an air-conditioned barrel cellar. Traditional rackings.

Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion was acquired by the Gervoson family in 1987. They restored the estate's unity once again combining the Chateau outbuildings 13 hectares of grounds and 42 hectares of vines under one owner as well as replanting 18 hectares of land that had laid fallow. A team of enthusiastic professionals has done a wonderful job of giving Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion back its superb reputation and the estate is once again universally recognised as one of the finest wines in the Pessac-Léognan appellation.