Chateau Grand Ormeau, Lalande de Pomerol, France

DOMAINE DU GRAND ORMEAU: VIGNOBLES JP GARDE, SINCE 1833

One of the oldest vineyards in the Bordeaux region is owned by Domaine du Grand Ormeau. For more than five generations, the wine family has relied on their experience, knowledge and passion for wine production. The Grand Ormeau wine estate is named after its founder Jean-Paul Garde Emilion . Jean Paul Garde inherited the estate from his father and ran it with determination and precision until his death in 1974. He was one of the first winemakers to start retail sales in the Bordeaux region. After his death, his three children took over the estate and the work from him; and the company was renamed GFA J. Garde & sons . Today, Jean Paul's son, Frédéric Garde, is the boss of the company. Over time, the estate has undergone constant development; not only through the new grafting technique with vines, the extension of the winery (extension), but also through the use of new technological developments in viticulture. For generations, the family's mission has remained the same over the years; always a progressive, modern way of working and a never-ending desire for quality improvement. The vineyard now covers 30 hectares of land, spread over the prestigious terroirs of Lalande de Pomerol (Domaine du Grand Ormeau, Château Marchesseau, Fleur des Ormes), Pomerol (Château La Truffe) and Montagne Saint-Emilion (Old Château Goujon).

LALANDE OF POMEROL

Lalande is a small wine region north of the world famous Pomerol wine region . The Domaine du Grand Ormeau vineyard covers 15 hectares with a dry soil consisting of gravel, clay and a subsoil with a lot of flint and a little clay. Grand Ormeau is made from 80% Merlot grapes, supplemented with 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyards are worked according to traditional methods and the leaves and bunches are thinned out by hand. The grapes are harvested when they are as ripe as possible. After destemming and crushing, the grapes undergo a refrigerated maceration of 5 days to extract the maximum amount of color and aroma from the grapes. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation is then carried out in temperature-controlled vats. High temperatures are used to obtain maximum concentration. This varies between 18-30 days depending on the harvest. The wine is matured in 1 and 2 year old oak barrels and then bottled on the estate itself.

In the cellar and vineyard, they work very conscientiously with respect for nature and the ripest possible processing of the harvest. In the cellar, the entire vinification process is focused on maximum extraction of aromas and colourings. The wines are therefore rich and intense in character.

BORDEAUX

The winery is located in the French wine region of Bordeaux . Today's Bordeaux comprises approximately 107,000 hectares of vineyards. The planting of grape varieties differs per sub-region. On the left side of the Gironde river, Cabernet Sauvignon is the most important grape for red wine production, supplemented by Merlot and Cabernet Franc . On the right bank of the Gironde, the composition differs and Merlot and Cabernet Franc take the most important place, supplemented by Cabernet Sauvignon.

In the sub-regions of Graves and Médoc, the soil consists of a 3 to 4 meter thick layer of gravel. This layer of gravel works as a filter . In periods of heavy rainfall, the water can be quickly drained to deeper layers of the earth and in times of drought, this layer of gravel is able to release a lot of water to the plant. The Cabernet Sauvignon thrives on this soil and is able to develop to its full potential. It is not without reason that the wines here were once classified in various classifications, the Grand Cru Classés, in order to express the sublime quality of these wines.

From Grand Ormeau we carry a beautiful Pomerol made of 80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc . The year 2011 , which we still have in stock at the moment, was a sublime year for this region.