Château Les Echevins
2nd Wine of Cht Du Courlat
Lussac St Émilion

Location: The estate belongs to Mr Pierre Bourotte, also owner of Cht. Bonalgue and Clos du Clocher in Pomerol and is located at the north-west of the city of Lussac on one of the best parts of the appellation. The estate was bought by the family Bourotte-Audy in 1936. The vineyard dates back to the 18th century. Indeed, at that time,the “fief” of Courlat belonged to Sir Jean François de Calvinon, knight and Earl of the Towers of Montagne. Mr Bourotte has been progressively renewing the vineyard to equilibrate young vines and old vines and maintain a high standard of quality.

Soil: Clayey- calcareous.

Grapes varieties: 70 % Merlot, 30 % Cabernet Franc,

The wine comes from younger vines of the property

Harvesting: Green harvest, leaf-removals on both sides. Hand picking parcel by parcel at full ripeness with small crates- Sorting out in the vines and at the cellar with a vibrating sorting table.

Winemaking: Traditional vinification parcel by parcel in thermoregulated cement vats with a long maceration. The recent extension of the winery enables a very qualitative wine-making. After maceration and racking, a selection of the vats is done with the collaboration of Jean Philippe Fort from the team of Michel ROLLAND.

The final blending of Les Echevins 2001 is : 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc.

Ageing: In vats during18 months. Egg white fining.

Annual production: About 25 000 bottles.

A supple, round and silky wine with a good body, beautiful ripe red fruit aromas and mellow tannins. We find in this wine a good expression of the clayey-calcareous soil. Advised at 18°C in the 3 to 5 coming years with duck terrine, grilled meats, cooked poultry, rabbit and light cheeses like Brie or Saint Nectaire.