Château Bonalgue

Ch. Bonalgue is a Pomerol estate owned by the Bourotte family, which also owns Clos du Clocher.

Château Bonalgue

About the producer

The first reference to vines in the "Graves de Bonalgue" area dates back to the French Revolution. A veteran from Napoleon’s army, Captain Rabion, took possession of the land and built a stately residence. The building housed his regimental arms, and the garden was planted with cedar trees.

The 9.5 hectare Merlot-dominant property sits on gravel and sandy-clay soils with Pomerol’s signature iron-rich vein lying beneath.

Vines are on average 22 year old and are grown in an increasingly green way: Bonalgue’s owners have adopted an eco-friendly integrated farming system: no herbicides are used and organic treatments are used where possible. Hand harvesting is the norm at this estate.

In addition to selection in the vineyard, a densimetric sorting system allows this estate to carry out another sorting of the berries, based on the state of maturity, measured by density.

As a result, each tank is more homogenous; extraction is conducted on a tank by tank basis. The tanks – both cement and stainless steel –  are small, allowing for greater precision. Infusion is preferred rather than forced extraction to obtain colour and tannin.

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