Château La Galiane owes its name to Galian, an English general who commanded
his troops here during their occupation of Aquitaine in the 15th century.
This has been a family estate for several generations and has a surface area
of 5 hectares planted with 45 % Merlot, 50 % Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit
Verdot, a combination which gives that perfect, classical balance which is
so typical of the Margaux appellation. The vineyard is planted on slopes
with fine gravel soils. These wine-growers from father to son produce La
Galiane wines with a lovely ruby-red colour and a fine bouquet, very
harmonious and smooth in the mouth. The tannins are fine and elegant and the
wines have good ageing capacity. Château Charmant has 5 hectares of vines
which are a hundred years old and planted on fine gravel soils with lots of
pebbles which are ploughed. Harvesting is done by hand and the vatting
process is long in order to extract all the aromas before maturing the wine
in barrels for 12 months. Château Charmant produces an aromatic wine with
good colour, very complex and elegant, perfectly balanced, well-structured
and supple at the same time and opening out delightfully with age.
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