Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars 2001 'Johanna' Cotes-de-Castillon AOC

Named after his granddaughter, “Johanna” was Régis Moro’s top wine, containing his oldest vines (70 years on average, with a parcel planted in 1904) and employing a more serious élevage than the “basic” cement-aged Champs de Mars bottling. The 2001 “Johanna” was hand-harvested, destemmed completely, given a 48-hour maceration, and vinified in 50-hectoliter tronconic oak casks for 60 days with manual punch downs. it then spent 18 months in well-used 225-liter barrels clarifying naturally, and was bottled without fining or filtration.