Château La Couspaude: Vineyards
Château La Couspaude sits on the outskirts of the town of St Emilion, just to the north-east. Thus its neighbours include Château Villemaurine just to the west, Château La Serre to the south, Château Trotte Vieille and Château Sansonnet to the east and Château Soutard to the north.
The vineyard covers 7 hectares situated on St Emilion’s limestone plateau, these being exactly the same 7 hectares that Prosper-Jean Robin acquired in 1908, the extent and distribution of the vines not having changed in more than 150 years.
The vines have an average age of 30 years, are planted at a fairly typical density of 6,500 vines per hectare, and are 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The yields are well controlled, down to a figure usually between 30 and 35 hl/ha, using a combination of hard pruning and bunch thinning.
