2002 Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey

"Vineyard planted area: 36 ha. Soil: silica-gravel and gravelly clay (Quaternary gravel deposited on a substrate of Aquitanian limestone). Average age of vines: 40 years, the oldest plots were planted in 1926 Vine density: 6,500 to 9 000 vines per hectare Cultivation methods: short fan pruning, soil tilling, leaf thinning by hand." -Vineyard Notes