DOMAINE DE L'AURAGE 2018
L’Aurage is located in Saint-Genès-de-Castillon, in the Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux appellation. The property was bought in 2007 by Caroline and Louis Mitjavile, the son of François and Emilie Mitjavile and owners of the Châteaux Roc de Cambes and Tertre Roteboeuf. L’Aurage (previously Château Cadet) has a 22-hectare vineyard in one piece, benefiting from clay-limestone soil.
L’Aurage is a Merlot-dominant blend supplemented with Cabernet Franc. The grapes are harvested at high maturity, then the wine is aged for 18 months in new oak barrels from Radoux.
Grape varieties: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc