Blend di Cabernet Franc, awarded Jancis Robinson

Initially known as Domaine de Lagraviere, Château Malartic-Lagravière assumed its current name in the mid-19th century, when it became the property of the Malartic family. Since 1997 it has been managed by the Bonnie family, who have invested heavily in recent decades both in the acquisition of new vineyards and in the improvement of the cellar and all its equipment.

The vinification is parcel and takes place in steel vats of different sizes, while the malolactic fermentation takes place in woode...

The Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux is the second wine of Château Margaux and is born in vineyards located in the heart of the AOC Margaux, an area of excellence for Médoc wines, where the most prestigious wines of the famous Bordeaux wine region come to life. Château Margaux was one of the first four premier cru to be included in the Official Classification of Bordeaux Wines of 1855. This classification system was wanted by Emperor Napoleon III at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, in order t...

Since 2010 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion belongs to Patrice Pichet, the CEO of the Pichet real estate group, who bought it at a cost of 3.8 million euros per hectare. Like most of the new wineries, the cellar of Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion was designed for vertical vinification, in which each phase uses the force of gravity, without the use of pumps.

The vinification of the grapes takes place in whole berries in containers of different make and size, that is of wood, steel and concrete. The mal...

The Château Canon rises above the old limestone quarries that run through the subsoil for hundreds of meters and which still connect some Château to each other today. They constitute the ideal environment for the conservation of the precious Bordeaux wines.

For the production of the Château Canon, temperature-controlled steel vats of various sizes are used. This allows the differentiated and optimal vinification of the vineyard plots. Subsequently, the assembled wine is aged in French barriques, ...

Both for its classical architecture and its large gardens, Château Beychevelle is called the Versailles of Bordeaux. Since 1400 the château has changed a myriad of owners and today belongs to Japanese and French companies. The vineyards are fragmented into over 60 different plots and therefore dispersed in various parts of the St. Julien appellation.

According to the Bordeaux practice, the different plots are vinified in 59 steel vats from 73 to 160 hl. The malolactic fermentation takes place bot...

The Château Léoville Poyferré, whose history dates back to 1600, is today managed by the Cuvelier family. It was Didier Cuvelier who, starting from 1979, initiated a series of measures (for example the replanting of many hectares of vineyards) which have made the Château one of the most interesting in Bordeaux. Today the company is under the leadership of its descendants Sara Lecompte Cuvelier and Anne Cuvelier.

The fermentation of the must takes place in the 56 stainless steel vats which, as is ...

Château Larrivet Haut-Brion tells the story of a family dedicated to creating great wines, with a bold and visionary spirit.

The varieties grown include Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, with manual harvesting taking place from late September to mid-October. The alcoholic fermentation takes place with maceration for 12 days to extract the noble substances from the skin of the grapes harvested at their perfect level of ripeness. Aging takes place for 14-18 months in partially new oak barrels....

Dating back to the mid-16th century, the prestige of Château La Mission Haut-Brion began in 1682, when it passed into the hands of the Catholic church, or the friars of the Mission, to whom it owes its name, and to which it belonged until the French Revolution. During the 1900s the American Woltner family bought and substantially improved the property, from the cellar to the buildings. In 1983 it was bought by Clarence Dillon, the owner of the neighboring winery, Château Haut-Brion.

The vinificat...

If the Château Cos d'Estournel site has kept its original appearance, the rooms dedicated to winemaking have been completely renovated and operate according to the modern principle of vertical winemaking, operated by the force of gravity, without the support of pumps.

The vinification takes place in steel vats of varying capacity between 19 and 155 hl, where maceration on the skins at 7-9 ° C lasts for about a week. Subsequently the wine is aged in 60% new French oak barrels for about 18 months.

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The Rouge Grand Cru Classé is produced by Château de Fieuzal in the Pessac-Léognan appellation. The winery is named after one of its owners, who lived in 1900. Today the winery belongs to Lochlann Queen with 70 hectares of vineyards.

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot grapes are vinified by parcel and by vine. Cabernet Sauvignon are fermented in steel vats, Merlot and Cabernet Franc in oak barrels. The aging of 35-50% of the wine takes place in new French oak barrels for ...

Château Lynch-Bages has a long history dating back to before 1700, while it was in the 1900s that thanks to Jean Michel Cazes the Château became one of the main brands in Bordeaux. For example, in 1985 the wine of the Château was the first wine to fly into space with a French astronaut, while in 1986 Jean Michel Cazes was the first owner of a Château to promote wine in China, which still remains one of the their main target markets. The average age of the vines of the Château is 30 years, but th...

Château Pichon-Longueville is one of the most important wineries in the Bordeaux wine region. Since 1940 the company has considerably increased the vineyard property, passing from 40 to 100 hectares. Since 2021 it has been certified biodynamic. The terroir of Chateau Pichon Lalande is gravelly, characterized by a clayey and calcareous soil. Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is produced from grapes belonging to the famous cru of Paillac.

The vinification takes place in 70 temperature-...

The Grand Cru 1er Grand Cru Classé B is produced by Château La Gaffelière, one of the oldest Château of Bordeaux, dating back to 1400.

The Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are vinified for whole berry parcel in thermo-regulated steel vats, while the malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak barrels. The wine ages in French oak vats and barrels for 15 months, 60% new.

Ruby red in color with purple hues, the nose opens with a bouquet of fragrant blueberries and plums, undergrowth and gra...