Chateau La Bertrande, Summum 2001

The harvest is all Hand-picking, grape by grape. In order to select the highly botrytized grapes, on some of the best exposed old vines of the vineyard. Aged in new barrels for around 18 months. Production is between 1000 - 6000 bottles depending on the year.

It is Anne-Marie Gillet who today holds the reins of this vineyard of several hectares, mostly planted in semillon on siliceous clay-limestone soils (with vines aged thirty-five years on average). If the domain dates back to the beginning of the 18th century, the GILLET family has operated it since 1880 and from generation to generation, the decades have not worn out their attachment to the land.

By its exceptional location, at the top of the hills, on the gravelly ridges and clay-limestone hills dominating CADILLAC and the Garonne valley, the 26 ha property benefits from a microclimate which gives its wines a remarkable quality. The diversity of the terroirs, as well as a suitable grape variety, give rise to wines of character, complex and with very specific taste qualities.