Description

Red Wine: 1998 | Chteau La Marzelle | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.

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Producer: Chteau La Marzelle

Vintage: 1998

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.

Producer Information

Chteau La Marzelle is a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Class estate situated at the western end of the Saint-Emilion appellation, a few hundred meters due south of the famed Chteau Figeac property. The estate was purchased by the current owners, the Sioen family, in 1998. The 17 hectare (42 acre) property is one of the original 75 chteaux named in the inaugural 1955 classification of Saint-Emilion. It remained in the classification list in every subsequent iteration until 2006 when it was dropped. It was subsequently one of four similarly demoted estates to launch legal proceedings against the verdict and demanding reinstatement. Although the 2006 classification was eventually dropped, La Marzelle was eventually reinstated in the 2012 edition. The recorded history of the estate dates back to the 18th Century, when it was in the hands of the Largeteau family, who had acquired it from a religious order in the region. After a run of owners and several divisions of the property, the then 13-hectare (32-acre) estate was purchased by Belgian textile entrepreneurs Jacqueline and Jean-Jacques Sioen in 1998. In 2004, the Sioens purchased an additional four hectares (ten acres) of neighboring vineyard to bring the estate to its current size. The Sioens also oversaw extensive restoration and modernisation work in the vineyards and the cellars. The vineyard is predominantly planted to Merlot (70 percent) with 20 percent Cabernet Franc and 10 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines for the titular wine (or “grand vin”) are fermented in stainless steel tanks and 500-liter wooden barrels designed for fermentation (vinification intgrale) prior to being run to 225 liter French oak barriques, of which around 60 percent are new oak. The wine spends between 16 and 18 months in barrel blending and bottling. The estate produces roughly 50,000 bottles of the grand vin, Chteau La Marzelle and 20,000 bottles of the second wine, Chteau Prieur La Marzelle. The estate also produces 300 cases of a Vin de France designated ros, Ros de la Marzelle, from 60 percent Merlot, 30 percent Cabernet Franc and ten percent Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as Elle de La Marzelle, a third wine released under the basic Saint-Emilion title, composed primarily of Merlot, with ten percent Cabernet Franc and five percent Cabernet Sauvignon.