9 months in French oak barrels and 9 months in stainless steel vats.

2024 or the year of all challenges! Unpredictable weather conditions, high humidity and severe mildew pressure. In spite of it all, the vines were very well looked afet and we ended up with a happy, healthy harvest. The harvest schedule was meticulously planned, with three waves of pickin: the heavy rain in early September allowed Botrytis to develop. We then had 5 or 6 days of warm, dry, windy weather which helped the noble rot to spead and become more concentrated, followed by 3 or 4 days of fine weather which allowed us to start picking. We then had another week of rain, 4-5 days of fine conditions allowing for greated concentration, and then 3-4 days of sunshine during the harvest. That pattern was then repeated for a third time. A pleasingly musical rhythm for and aromatic, elegant, finely - balanced vintage.

Simon Deleporte, Head Winemaker at Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey: “We've never seen anything like it at Lafaurie-Peyraguey ! In 2024, we picked the dry white grapes in morning and started harvesting the sweet grapes that very same afternoon...”.