ORIGIN
Bordeaux (Right Bank), France
APPELLATION
AOC Bordeaux Supérieur
VINEYARD
+/- 45 yrs. old vines on average, in sandy gravel soils with clay deposits
Yield: 35 hL/ha
BLEND
100% Merlot
FARMING
Culture raisonnée; Hand harvested in vineyard
WINEMAKING
Vinified in temperature-controlled steel tanks
AGING
Oak-aged for +/- 20 months
Amelie Aubert, winemaker for several chateaux under the Famille Alain Aubert banner, has a special attachment to Chateau Abelyce. Bought by the family in 2004, it is her own personal project, named after her two children, Abel and Alice— “mon bébé”, as she says…