Catalog

Grand-Puy-Lacoste is the finest of Pauillac's 5th classified growths, held with competence and care by Mr. François-Xavier Borie. The latest vintages show even greater aromatic precision and tannin nobility.

The acquisition of Calon-Ségur in 2012 by a subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel (a French bank) heralds the great awakening of this famous terroir of gravel on limestone, in one piece and entirely surrounded by a wall (a unique fact in the Médoc). All of Bordeaux wants Calon-Ségur to be as fabulous as those of the middle of the last century after a 15-year investment plan.

Second wine of Nénin. A beautiful material, with a well mastered breeding: this is an excellent introduction, at a reasonable price, to the world of Pomerol.

Rouget is a great future of Pomerol. It has the means to do so with the acquisition in 1999 of 2 ha near Trotanoy and in 2006 of 2 ha near the Church-Clinet.

By ceasing to use any chemical inputs in her vineyard in 1988, Claire Laval was one of the precursors of organic farming in Bordeaux. Its beautiful 7 ha terroir, close to the church of Pomerol, produces frank, straight and fairly quickly seductive wines that are nevertheless capable of ageing very well. Authentic Pomerol, at a welcoming price.

Mr. Rolland's personal property until 2013, when he was transferred to a Hong Kong group. Now mainly exported, the wines of this vintage are increasingly difficult to find in Europe.

With today 11 ha, the vineyard of Valandraud allows Mr. Thunevin to tighten his selections for the great wine and his second, Virginie de Valandraud (there is a 3rd, Clos Badon, and even a 4th wine!). Rich in colour, always delicious with an elegant tannic structure, Virginie de Valandraud makes those who think that second wines have no soul lie.

Without artifice, Figeac wines display an unparalleled naturalness, freshness and distinction. For example, with the finesse and superlative silkiness of the 2008 sound tannins, already appreciable.

Brilliant even in the smallest vintages (1992 was a masterpiece), Angelus has become in 20 years a world-renowned star producing dense, intense wines with surfine tannins. Promoted in 2012 to 1st Grand Cru Classé A, like Ausone or Cheval Blanc, the prices are skyrocketing.