Chateau Larcis Ducasse St. Emilion

RECENT CHANGES 2002: first vintage produced by manager Nicolas Thienpont with David Suire as a technical director and consultants Stephane Derenoncourt and Julien Lavenu. 2012: Larcis Ducasse is promoted 1st Great Classified Growth in the Classification of the wines of Saint Emilion! HISTORY The Gratiot family has owned Chateau Larcis Ducasse a Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe for over a century. The chateau’s terroir of clay/limestone soils on a south-facing slope produces wonderfully ripe grapes which result in complex well-structured wines with fresh mineral flavours. These characteristics are attributed to the different bedrocks found on the property from the limestone of the plateau to the iron-rich feldspar sand at the base of the slope. Viticultural methods are kept as natural as possible with low yields and grape varieties chosen and planted according to soil type. The grapes undergo a gentle maceration to avoid over-extraction and the wine is aged in barrel for eight