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With 12 hectares cultivated in biodynamic farming, certified since the 2007 vintage, Clos Puy-Arnaud is one of the great Côtes de Castillon wines that have nothing to envy to neighbouring Saint-Émilion.

"Grand Vin", the uncompromising cuvée that has made the estate's reputation, authentic, straight and deep, classic, spicy and cut out for keeping.

With 12 hectares cultivated in biodynamic farming, certified since the 2007 vintage, Clos Puy-Arnaud is one of the great Côtes de Castillon wines that have nothing to envy to neighbouring Saint-Émilion.

"Grand Vin", the uncompromising cuvée that has made the estate's reputation, authentic, straight and deep, classic, spicy and cut out for keeping.

Mr. Despagne's obsession is to produce the most lively wine in his family estate, planted with old varieties of Merlot and Cabernet. After organic cultivation in the vineyard, any modern input or process is banned in the vat room: no dry ice, yeasts, enzymes, tartaric acid, oak chips... A pure fermented grape juice, aged in barrels for 12 to 18 months and bottled without filtration or fining, promised to keep well and for a long time.

Mr. Despagne's obsession is to produce the most lively wine in his family estate, planted with old varieties of Merlot and Cabernet. After organic cultivation in the vineyard, any modern input or process is banned in the vat room: no dry ice, yeasts, enzymes, tartaric acid, oak chips... A pure fermented grape juice, aged in barrels for 12 to 18 months and bottled without filtration or fining, promised to keep well and for a long time.

Mr. Despagne's obsession is to produce the most lively wine in his family estate, planted with old varieties of Merlot and Cabernet. After organic cultivation in the vineyard, any modern input or process is banned in the vat room: no dry ice, yeasts, enzymes, tartaric acid, oak chips... A pure fermented grape juice, aged in barrels for 12 to 18 months and bottled without filtration or fining, promised to keep well and for a long time.

A 4 ha plot selection from Château Rigaud, La Mauriane is not yet another luxurious cuvée on the right bank but a wine built on fine grain tannins where the brilliance and precision of the fruit prevail. A true gem in the right bank !

Started in 2003, the Clos Louie adventure is a textbook case: a dolly vineyard (2.3 ha) on a beautiful clay-limestone terroir of Castillon, careful biodynamic cultivation, double manual sorting during the harvest, low-intervention vinification, gentle maturation in 500-litre demi-muids.

Louison et Léopoldine is the other Clos Louie wine, a tribute to Cabernet Franc (80%) from 50-year-old vines. Clean, bright fruit and remarkable aromatic freshness: a real nugget!

Started in 2003, the adventure of Clos Louie is a textbook case: doll's vineyard (2.3 ha) on a beautiful clay-limestone terroir of Castillon, very old vines (150 years old!) mostly Merlot and red tail malbec, careful biodynamic cultivation, double manual sorting during the harvest, little interventionist vinification, gentle maturing in 500-litre demi-muids. A true artist's wine, absent from the guides but that informed amateurs know well.

Petit cru de 10 ha (6 ha en blanc, 4 ha en rouge) au cœur des Graves, sur des terrasses alluvionnaires de la Garonne, tenu par un couple investi : viticulture bio, vinifications soignées. Le vin rouge, 60% cabernet-sauvignon et 40% merlot, bénéficie de macération pré-fermentaire à froid pour un fruité plus expressif.

A family property reawakened in 2011 by the arrival of the son Paul Garcin, a former rock musician on the Bordeaux scene. Instant passage in organic and biodynamic culture, wines of artist, intuitive, immediately sapid, tasty and with the strong note pleasure.

Voluntarily iconoclastic, Paul Garcin wants to offer Haut-Bergey under different facets:

- Haut-Bergey 'classic', vinified and matured in the tradition of the great Bordeaux wines, in white as in red.

- Haut-Bergey Cuvée Paul, elaborated according to more contemporary practices: vinification partly in whole bunches, maturing almost without wood (concrete egg, amphora and half-muid)...

- micro-cuvées (Tuilerie and Jardin, named after their respective plots) to isolate and express the flavors of a grape variety and a unique terroir.

This approach was praised by the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide, which awarded Haut-Bergey its first star: "Modernity of vision and the ability to reinvent itself without betraying its identity: Haut-Bergey symbolizes the current vitality of the most historic of Bordeaux's vineyards".

Cuvée Paul is a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

A family property reawakened in 2011 by the arrival of the son Paul Garcin, a former rock musician on the Bordeaux scene. Instant passage in organic and biodynamic culture, wines of artist, intuitive, immediately sapid, tasty and with the strong note pleasure.

Voluntarily iconoclastic, Paul Garcin wants to offer Haut-Bergey under different facets:

- Haut-Bergey 'classic', vinified and matured in the tradition of the great Bordeaux wines, in white as in red.

- Haut-Bergey Cuvée Paul, elaborated according to more contemporary practices: vinification partly in whole bunches, maturing almost without wood (concrete egg, amphora and half-muid)...

- micro-cuvées (Tuilerie and Jardin, named after their respective plots) to isolate and express the flavors of a grape variety and a unique terroir.

This approach was praised by the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide, which awarded Haut-Bergey its first star: "Modernity of vision and the ability to reinvent itself without betraying its identity: Haut-Bergey symbolizes the current vitality of the most historic of Bordeaux's vineyards".

Cuvée Jardin is 100% Merlot, from a predominantly clay parcel adjacent to the Château.

A family property reawakened in 2011 by the arrival of the son Paul Garcin, a former rock musician on the Bordeaux scene. Instant passage in organic and biodynamic culture, wines of artist, intuitive, immediately sapid, tasty and with the strong note pleasure.

Voluntarily iconoclastic, Paul Garcin wants to offer Haut-Bergey under different facets:

- Haut-Bergey 'classic', vinified and matured in the tradition of the great Bordeaux wines, in white as in red.

- Haut-Bergey Cuvée Paul, elaborated according to more contemporary practices: vinification partly in whole bunches, maturing almost without wood (concrete egg, amphora and half-muid)...

- micro-cuvées (Tuilerie and Jardin, named after their respective plots) to isolate and express the flavors of a grape variety and a unique terroir.

This approach was praised by the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide, which awarded Haut-Bergey its first star: "Modernity of vision and the ability to reinvent itself without betraying its identity: Haut-Bergey symbolizes the current vitality of the most historic of Bordeaux's vineyards".

Cuvée Tuilerie is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.

A family property reawakened in 2011 by the arrival of the son Paul Garcin, a former rock musician on the Bordeaux scene. Instant passage in organic and biodynamic culture, wines of artist, intuitive, immediately sapid, tasty and with the strong note pleasure. This approach was praised by the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide, which awarded Haut-Bergey its first star: "Modernity of vision and the ability to reinvent itself without betraying its identity: Haut-Bergey symbolizes the current vitality of the most historic of Bordeaux's vineyards".

A family property reawakened in 2011 by the arrival of the son Paul Garcin, a former rock musician on the Bordeaux scene. Instant passage in organic and biodynamic culture, wines of artist, intuitive, immediately sapid, tasty and with the strong note pleasure. This approach was praised by the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide, which awarded Haut-Bergey its first star: "Modernity of vision and the ability to reinvent itself without betraying its identity: Haut-Bergey symbolizes the current vitality of the most historic of Bordeaux's vineyards".

A family property reawakened in 2011 by the arrival of the son Paul Garcin, a former rock musician on the Bordeaux scene. Instant passage in organic and biodynamic culture, wines of artist, intuitive, immediately sapid, tasty and with the strong note pleasure. This approach was praised by the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide, which awarded Haut-Bergey its first star: "Modernity of vision and the ability to reinvent itself without betraying its identity: Haut-Bergey symbolizes the current vitality of the most historic of Bordeaux's vineyards".

Regardless of its production in the Margaux appellation, Mille Roses also produces an Haut-Médoc on 4 parcels, 5.5 ha, around the Château. 50% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot and 10% petit verdot giving a dashing, accessible and silky wine, finely wooded (25% new oak). And of course, driven organically since 2010.

Regardless of its production in the Margaux appellation, Mille Roses also produces an Haut-Médoc on 4 parcels, 5.5 ha, around the Château. 50% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot and 10% petit verdot giving a dashing, accessible and silky wine, finely wooded (25% new oak). And of course, driven organically since 2010.

Straddling the Margaux and Haut-Médoc appellations, Clos du Jaugueyron is a mini estate (8 ha in total) in the southern Médoc run like a vegetable garden by Mr. and Mrs. Théron. Quoted as "a safe address" by M. Bettane, and as "one of the most interesting properties in the Médoc at the moment" by the Revue du Vin de France.

The smallest cru bourgeois (3.9 ha) in the Médoc and one of the first certified organic (in 2011), run by Mrs Nadalié, oenologist and daughter of the Nadalié cooperage, which supplies many of the great Bordeaux wines. Located in the south of the Médoc between La Lagune and the Margaux appellation, 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, it is difficult not to like its Clos La Bohême with its floral nose (very peony) on a sweet, tender, fresh palate and always tasty tannins.

The smallest cru bourgeois (3.9 ha) in the Médoc and one of the first certified organic (in 2011), run by Mrs Nadalié, oenologist and daughter of the Nadalié cooperage, which supplies many of the great Bordeaux wines. Located in the south of the Médoc between La Lagune and the Margaux appellation, 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, it is difficult not to like its Clos La Bohême with its floral nose (very peony) on a sweet, tender, fresh palate and always tasty tannins.

The smallest cru bourgeois (3.9 ha) in the Médoc and one of the first certified organic (in 2011), run by Mrs Nadalié, oenologist and daughter of the Nadalié cooperage, which supplies many of the great Bordeaux wines. Located in the south of the Médoc between La Lagune and the Margaux appellation, 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, it is difficult not to like its Clos La Bohême with its floral nose (very peony) on a sweet, tender, fresh palate and always tasty tannins.

Not really Margaux even if it is a neighbour, not really Haut-Médoc as it is situated in the extreme south of the Médoc on the outskirts of Bordeaux, La Lagune is a special vintage in the 1855 classification, marvellously combining finesse and sweet smoothness.

Not really Margaux even if it is a neighbour, not really Haut-Médoc as it is situated in the extreme south of the Médoc on the outskirts of Bordeaux, La Lagune is a special vintage in the 1855 classification, marvellously combining finesse and sweet smoothness.

Totally surrounded by classified growths, La Gurgue enjoys a privileged terroir, and the attentive care of Mrs Villars (also owner of Ferrière, classified growth of Margaux, and Haut-Bages-Libéral, classified growth of Pauillac), distinguished in the Top 25 of the best producers of the Bettane&Desseauve 2020 guide. Certainly the best quality/price/pleasure ratio in the appellation.

Totally surrounded by classified growths, La Gurgue enjoys a privileged terroir, and the attentive care of Mrs Villars (also owner of Ferrière, classified growth of Margaux, and Haut-Bages-Libéral, classified growth of Pauillac), distinguished in the Top 25 of the best producers of the Bettane&Desseauve 2020 guide. Certainly the best quality/price/pleasure ratio in the appellation.

Small bourgeois cru of 4 ha, between Giscours, Monbrison and d'Angludet. Although organically farmed - since 2010 - and producing just over 1000 cases per year, Mille Roses remains among the least expensive of the Margaux appellation, and yet one of the most endearing.

Small bourgeois cru of 4 ha, between Giscours, Monbrison and d'Angludet. Although organically farmed - since 2010 - and producing just over 1000 cases per year, Mille Roses remains among the least expensive of the Margaux appellation, and yet one of the most endearing.

Straddling the Margaux and Haut-Médoc appellations, Clos du Jaugueyron is a mini estate (8 ha in total) in the southern Médoc run like a vegetable garden by Mr. and Mrs. Théron. With attention to the smallest detail, they produce true Margaux, as dense and spicy as they are slender. Quoted as "a safe address" by M. Bettane, and as "one of the most interesting properties in the Médoc at the moment" by the Revue du Vin de France.

The "Nout" cuvée, which is more quickly accessible, has a majority of Merlot (55%), while the Grand Vin gives pride of place to Cabernet Sauvignon (65%).

The Nout cuvée was cited among the "Bordeaux of legend" in the Revue du Vin de France (May 2020).

Straddling the Margaux and Haut-Médoc appellations, Clos du Jaugueyron is a mini estate (8 ha in total) in the southern Médoc run like a vegetable garden by Mr. and Mrs. Théron. With attention to the smallest detail, they produce true Margaux, as dense and spicy as they are slender. Quoted as "a safe address" by M. Bettane, and as "one of the most interesting properties in the Médoc at the moment" by the Revue du Vin de France.

The "Nout" cuvée, which is more quickly accessible, has a majority of Merlot (55%), while the Grand Vin gives pride of place to Cabernet Sauvignon (65%).

Laurence Alias, an agronomy engineer, to look after the vines (biodynamic) and Pascale Choime, an oenologist, to take care of the vinifications also have half a hectare in Margaux, pampered like a vegetable garden. It gathers 6 Bordeaux grape varieties (with petit-verdot, carménère and malbec), some of which are more than a hundred years old. Grown biodynamically, nothing else in the cellar but grapes and a little sulphur, matured in 400-litre barrels, everything is done to stay as close as possible to the most delicate and crunchy fruit. A real gem like the Bordeaux vineyard knows how to conceal it.