Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars Castillon-Cotes de Bordeaux 'Johanna' 2005 Rose and temperatures without any real

and temperatures without any real excesses resulted in a very balanced harvest and wines with real freshness

Fermented and aged entirely in barrels but with none new

After the élevage

The vines here are from southeast facing slopes in a section of Les Lys known as “Clos du Roi” (effectively a monopole of the Defaix estate)

Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars Castillon-Cotes de Bordeaux 'Johanna' 2005 Rose and temperatures without any realThe sandy clay limestone terroir of Champs de Mars is beautifully suited to Merlot, which comprises 80% of the wines blend, complemented by 20% Cabernet Franc. Named after his granddaughter, Johanna was Rgis Moros top wine, containing his oldest vines (70 years on average, with a parcel planted in 1904) and employing a more serious levage than the basic cement aged Champs de Mars bottling. The 2000 Johanna was hand harvested, destemmed completely,