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Beautiful vineyard of 10 ha (90% Merlot) in Fronsac, where the owner, Mrs. Rullier, invests herself without counting. We find his energy in Dalem, with wines, full and assertive but also endowed with a real elegance.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024): 91/100 “This wine is smoothly structured, expressing ripe black fruit. Tasty tannins give it an appealing structure”.
Vinous (N. Martin - December 2022): 93/100 “First vintage under Eric Boissenot's direction, presents a tertiary bouquet infused with undergrowth with a blend of red and black fruits, discreet at first but opening up magnificently in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, with fine tannins, citrus freshness and impressive concentration, gradually building to a clean, precise finish. This is a first-rate Fronsac that will give pleasure for 20 to 25 years”.
J-M Quarin (March 2023): 93/100 “Dark, intense, youthful color. Very aromatic, fruity, fresh, ripe and subtle nose. Floral and red fruit nuances. The palate is a world of mellow, suave aromas, with a sparkle in the middle. Very pretty, delicious and long finish with a very coated texture. Good length."
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2045
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Beautiful vineyard of 10 ha (90% Merlot) in Fronsac, where the owner, Mrs. Rullier, invests herself without counting. We find his energy in Dalem, with wines, full and assertive but also endowed with a real elegance.
The 2017 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (October 2020): 90/100 “The palate shines with its aromatic brightness, juicy character, melting structure, perfumed finish, without any tannic harshness. It's very good.”
Vinous (N. Martin - February 2020): 92/100 “The 2017 Dalem is vinified without SO2 [...] It has a clean, precise bouquet with aromas of fragrant blackberry and freshly picked mint. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. This is one of the most elegant Dalem wines I've tasted in recent years, with a clean, precise finish of the highest order.”
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2031
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
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Coralie de Boüard (daughter of Hubert de Boüard, owner of Angélus) has embarked on a new project in Montagne Saint-Émilion. Right from its first vintage (2016), Clos de Boüard is already a success, greedy, fleshy and devilishly seductive (85% Merlot). According to Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve, Clos Boüard is “a trusted address for wine lovers”.
The 2017 vintage in the press:
Vinous (Neal Martin - February 2020) : 92/100 “Clos de Boüard 2017 offers delicious aromas of blackberry, brioche and light tobacco on the nose, which prove nicely concentrated. The palate is medium-bodied, with excellent acidity. The texture is velvety and very harmonious, with subtle notes of tar and graphite on the finish. This is an excellent Montagne Saint-Émilion from the de Boüard family. Apogée 2022-2036." (remarkable note for a wine at less than €25.00 a bottle)
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2030
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Coralie de Boüard (daughter of Hubert de Boüard, owner of Angélus) has embarked on a new project in Montagne Saint-Émilion. Right from its first vintage (2016), Clos de Boüard is already a success, greedy, fleshy and devilishly seductive (85% Merlot). According to Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve, Clos Boüard is “a trusted address for wine lovers”.
The 2016 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (February 2019): 90/100 “Dark, intense, beautiful and even deep color. Nose moderately aromatic, fruity, ripe and suave. Caressing on the attack and finely fleshy, the wine develops tasty, refined to the touch and very well balanced. The finish is long, sappy, savory and dense. Very good! A superb Outsider."
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2018): 91/100 "The 2016 Clos de Boüard is a rich, powerful wine. Dark red cherry, respberry, mocha, licorice and rose petal all flesh out in this succulent, potent Montagne Saint-Emilion. This is an impressive debut. Even so, it will be interesting to see is this wine can be more nuanced in future vintages".
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2032
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In the same family since 1609 (!), Moulin Haut-Laroque offers a disciplined Fronsac: ripe and rich without excess, softened by the sweetness of its Merlot (65%) and by a judicious breeding. A sure value of the appellation.
Remarkable success in 2015 and 2016.
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2036
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In the same family since 1609 (!), Moulin Haut-Laroque offers a disciplined Fronsac: ripe and rich without excess, softened by the sweetness of its Merlot (65%) and by a judicious breeding. A sure value of the appellation.
Remarkable success in 2015 and 2016.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2022): 91/100 "The 2020 Moulin Haut-Laroque has come together beautifully. It offers up an exciting mix of super-ripe dark cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather, licorice and spice, all in a racy, unctuous style that offers tons of immediacy."
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2038
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In the same family since 1609 (!), Moulin Haut-Laroque offers a disciplined Fronsac: ripe and rich without excess, softened by the sweetness of its Merlot (65%) and by a judicious breeding. A sure value of the appellation.
Remarkable success in 2015 and 2016.
The 2019 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (February 2022): 90/100 “Caressing on entry, very aromatic in the middle, very tasty, the wine offers a mellow unfolding. The finish is long and drawn out. Very good.”
Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2022): 91/100 "The 2019 Moulin Haut-Laroque is bold and sumptuous in the glass. Inky dar fruit, chocolate, sweet pice, licorice and new oak are all turned up. This flashy, extroverted Fronsac has a ton to offer".
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2035
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In the same family since 1609 (!), Moulin Haut-Laroque offers a disciplined Fronsac: ripe and rich without excess, softened by the sweetness of its Merlot (65%) and by a judicious breeding. A sure value of the appellation.
Remarkable success in 2015 and 2016.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 91/100 "The 2018 Moulin Haut-Laroque is gorgeous. Succulent dark cherry, plum, chocolate, spice, new leather and licorice all meld together in the glass. The forward, juicy style is immensely appealing. This is so well done."
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2036
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
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Mr. Durantou (owner of Église-Clinet who died in 2020) produced only 1500 cases per year of his remarkable Lalande de Pomerol Les Cruzelles. Incomparably superior to the neighbouring Pomerol of the same price.
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- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2037
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
- Grape varieties:
- 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
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Mr. Durantou (owner of Église-Clinet who died in 2020) produced only 1500 cases per year of his remarkable Lalande de Pomerol Les Cruzelles. Incomparably superior to the neighbouring Pomerol of the same price.
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 92/100 “Les Cruzelles stands out for its looseness on the palate, while offering ravishing density.”
Vinous (N. Martin - February 2024) 93/100 “The 2021 Les Cruzelles is every bit as impressive as it was en primeur. The blend is 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, with the Franc at the forefront. Dried herbs, tobacco, cedar, new leather, menthol and licorice follow one another on the palate. Deep and complex, bursting with dynamic energy, the 2021 is an impeccable wine.”
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2035
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Mr. Durantou (owner of Église-Clinet who died in 2020) produced only 1500 cases per year of his remarkable Lalande de Pomerol Les Cruzelles. Incomparably superior to the neighbouring Pomerol of the same price.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N. Martin - January 2021): 93/100 "The 2018 Les Cruzelles impressed from barrel. Now in bottle, it has developed quite a precocious, intense bouquet of blackberry and blueberry fruit, a light savory note and earthy scents emerging with time. The palate is juste wonderful: exquisitely balanced, quite structured yet not unapproachable, the acidity perfectly judged, with a ferrous note toward the finish. This is as good a Lalande de Pomerol as you will find in this vintage".
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2035
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Mr. Durantou (owner of Église-Clinet who died in 2020) produced only 1500 cases per year of his remarkable Lalande de Pomerol Les Cruzelles. Incomparably superior to the neighbouring Pomerol of the same price.
The 2017 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (October 2020): 90/100 “Delicate on entry, perfumed in the middle, melting, sappy, with a fine truffle taste, the wine picks up pace between the middle and the finish, constantly driven by lots of aromatic brilliance. Incurable."
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2020): 93/100 "Super-ripe dark cherry, blackberry, chocolate, spice, new leather and licorice are some of the many notes that run throught the 2017 Les Cruzelles. Unctuous and flamboyantly ripe, with tons of intensity, the 2017 is another drop-dead gorgeous beauty in this range from Denis Durantou".
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2030
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Since its takeover in 1998 by Mr De Neipperg (Clos de l'Oratoire, Canon-La Gaffelière, La Mondotte), d'Aiguilhe has been part of the new generation of wines (Domaine de l'A, Montlandrie, Clos Puy Arnaud, etc.) which, in the early 2000s, placed the Côtes de Castillon appellation among the best on the right bank.
The 2019 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N. Martin - January 2023): 89+/100 “The 2019 Château d'Aiguilhe has a lifted nose of blackberry, raspberry, cedar and black pepper, composed though not amazingly complex. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, quite a bit of extraction here, however I need to see a little more terroir expression on the finish.”
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2033
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Since its takeover in 1998 by Mr De Neipperg (Clos de l'Oratoire, Canon-La Gaffelière, La Mondotte), d'Aiguilhe has been part of the new generation of wines (Domaine de l'A, Montlandrie, Clos Puy Arnaud, etc.) which, in the early 2000s, placed the Côtes de Castillon appellation among the best on the right bank.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (December 2022): 94/100 “The Neipperg estate has always shone on the limestone bedrock of Castillon. [...] Stephan Von Neipperg and his son Ludovic have now committed their estate to an eco-responsible approach. The wines are changing, new oak has been reduced, [...] The wines are gaining in precision and have never been so balanced, as is the case with the 2018 vintage”.
Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 92/100 "The 2018 d'Aiguilhe offers up a compelling mélange of inky red/purplish fruit and plenty of structure to match. It is impressive in its peer group, but also needs quite a bit of time to be at its best. The 2018 is not quite as showy as it was en primeur, and yet its energy and depth are intriguing".
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2033
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
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Since its takeover in 1998 by Mr De Neipperg (Clos de l'Oratoire, Canon-La Gaffelière, La Mondotte), d'Aiguilhe has been part of the new generation of wines (Domaine de l'A, Montlandrie, Clos Puy Arnaud, etc.) which, in the early 2000s, placed the Côtes de Castillon appellation among the best on the right bank.
The 2016 vintage in the press:
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2018): 92/100 "The 2016 d'Aiguilhe is absolutely delicious. Succulent, nuanced and inviting, the 2016 has so much to offer. Ripe cherry, plum, French oak, mocha, new leather and spice all flesh out effortlessly. Deep, generous and resonant, the 2016 captures all the best the vintage has to offer. Sweet, silky tannins add to the wine's considerable appeal. It would be nice to see a bit less overtness to the oak. The wine really does not need it. In 2016, d'Aiguilhe is very pretty."
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2036
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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.
Uncompromising, the great wine that has made the estate's reputation is an authentic cuvée, straightforward, deep and made for laying down.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2009
- Potential alcohol:
- 14%
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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.
Uncompromising, the great wine that has made the estate's reputation is an authentic cuvée, straightforward, deep and made for laying down.The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (September 2025): 92/100 "2022 delivers highly concentrated reds with a ripe, vibrant bouquet: this Grand Vin (70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon) is at the beginning of a radiant life, expressing itself with great frankness of flavour."
En Magnum (May 2025): "Its asteriated limestone terroir (the same as on the Saint-Émilion plateau) lends finesse and freshness to remarkable wines. A brilliant 2022 with a wine that displays aromatic power, a full attack and great energy."
Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 94/100 "The 2022 Clos Puy Arnaud is a dense, extroverted wine. Inky dark fruit, licorice, menthol and cloves are all amplified. Usually ClosPuy Arnaud is more refined, but in 2022, the vintage dominates and speaks loudly. Even so, this is a compelling offering. I look forward to tasting it with bottle age."
J.M Quarin (February 2025): 90/100 "Dark, intense, young colour. Very aromatic nose, with very ripe fruit and truffles. Delicate on the palate, savoury in the middle, with a soft body, the wine finishes sappy and long with a finely chalky tannicity."
Bettane + Desseauve (Guide 2026) : 93/100
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2009
- Potential alcohol:
- 14%
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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.
Uncompromising, the great wine that has made the estate's reputation is an authentic cuvée, straightforward, deep and made for laying down.The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 92/100 “An immediate charm emanates from this wine. This year's low concentration favors an insistent mineral expression, a distinctive feature of this floral, nuanced and energetic wine. A strong, contemporary personality."
Bettane + Desseauve (Guide 2026) : 90/100
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2036
- Organic certification:
- 2009
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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.
Uncompromising, the great wine that has made the estate's reputation is an authentic cuvée, straightforward, deep and made for laying down.The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024) : 94/100 Coup de ♥ “Outstanding concentration of fruit, a relief of invigorating flavors.”
Vinous (Antonio Galloni - December 2022): 95/100 “Clos Puy Arnaud 2020 is one of the great wines of this vintage. Notes of inky red fruit, blood orange, spice and mocha follow one another on the palate. Silky tannins envelop the rich, inviting finish. The saline energy and precision of this wine are simply unreal. This is a wine of extraordinary character and personality.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2009
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Selection of the best parcels of Château de Carles (10 ha out of the 20 ha of the estate), certainly the finest and most ambitious wine of Fronsac, making since 2000 equal game with the best classified growths of the slopes of Saint-Émilion. A great wine that should be kept for at least 6 to 8 years.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
- Grape varieties:
- 100% Merlot
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Selection of the best parcels of Château de Carles (10 ha out of the 20 ha of the estate), certainly the finest and most ambitious wine of Fronsac, making since 2000 equal game with the best classified growths of the slopes of Saint-Émilion. A great wine that should be kept for at least 6 to 8 years.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (2026 Guide): 90/100 "A superb classic Fronsac at a reasonable price. In this vein, Haut-Carles is for those looking for something more: more compact and less refined, it is more demonstrative and opulent. It would be good to wait a year or two."
Bettane + Desseauve (Guide 2026) : 94/100
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2040
- Grape varieties:
- 100% Merlot
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Selection of the best parcels of Château de Carles (10 ha out of the 20 ha of the estate), certainly the finest and most ambitious wine of Fronsac, making since 2000 equal game with the best classified growths of the slopes of Saint-Émilion. A great wine that should be kept for at least 6 to 8 years.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
En Magnum (May 2025): 93/100 "A little more closed today, but there is still a lot of potential in its substantial structure, with just the right amount of sensuality for this sunny vintage."
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024): 90/100 “Haut-Carles 2020 is much more demonstrative. It offers a richness that will appeal to palates in search of unctuosity”.
Le Point (May 2024): 15/100
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2022): 92/100 "The 2020 Haut-Carles is stellar. Silky, deep and wonderfully delinated, the 2020 Haut-Carles impress right out of the gate. It shows terrific depth and density, butot at all heavy. Dark red fruit, blood orange, spice, mint, dried herbs and mocha are all finely knit in this dazzling, wonderfully elegant Fronsac".
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2038
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Selection of the best parcels of Château de Carles (10 ha out of the 20 ha of the estate), certainly the finest and most ambitious wine of Fronsac, making since 2000 equal game with the best classified growths of the slopes of Saint-Émilion. A great wine that should be kept for at least 6 to 8 years.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
En Magnum (May 2025): 93/100 "A significant change as this 2018 was vinified in tank. No heavy, coating tannins, bright, flavoursome fruit, purity and that obvious freshness that most of the much more prestigious vintages lack in this vintage.”
Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 92/100 "The 2018 Haut-Carles is impressive. Inky dark fruit, lavender, spice, menthol, licorice, blood orange and mint are all laced together in a Fronsac that is opulent yet also nuanced for its size. Beautifully ripe, generous and inviting, Haut-Carles has much to offer. This is a terrific showing."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Selection of the best parcels of Château de Carles (10 ha out of the 20 ha of the estate), certainly the finest and most ambitious wine of Fronsac, making since 2000 equal game with the best classified growths of the slopes of Saint-Émilion. A great wine that should be kept for at least 6 to 8 years.
The 2016 vintage in the press:
En Magnum (May 2025): 94/100 "This is the first vintage where the wine is fined with egg white. Still very young and brilliant, intense and energetic on the palate. It will soon be in the same league as the excellent 2010."
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- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2038
- Potential alcohol:
- 14%
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Mr Derenoncourt, Bordeaux's most sought-after consultant, is also a producer. Obviously, he (with his wife) applies in his vineyards the methods that have made his success: respect for the terroir and biotope, subtle vinification and maturation, wines of great aromatic precision.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2038
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Mr Derenoncourt, Bordeaux's most sought-after consultant, is also a producer. Obviously, he (with his wife) applies in his vineyards the methods that have made his success: respect for the terroir and biotope, subtle vinification and maturation, wines of great aromatic precision.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2032-2048
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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.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (2026 Guide): 93/100 Coup de ♥ "The 2023 showcases the magnificent maturity of this Merlot with floral nuances and great sincerity of expression. A full-bodied wine with incredible density in dry extracts, all carried by a sensation of great energy. Keep it for another two years, it needs to blend."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2012
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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.
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024): 93/100 Coup de ♥ “A delicious interpretation of a contemporary Bordeaux, this 2021 focuses on a frank expression of fruit. Not so commonplace in a vintage where many of the region's wines lack substance.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2012
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Applying the same principles of cultivation and vinification as in Angelus, Hubert de Boüard brought his Château de Lalande de Pomerol to the top of his appellation. Rich and luxuriously aged wines, of incredible charm, with each vintage praised by critics. An exceptional 2017 vintage, of which the tiny production (saved from frost) is only available in magnums.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2022): 93/100 "The 2020 La Fleur de Boüard is gorgeous. Freshly cyt flowers, bright red-tonned fruit, blood orange, mint and cinnamon lend notable vibrancy to this mid-weight wine from the Boüard family. It's great to see a style that shows greater freshness than in the early days here."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
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Applying the same principles of cultivation and vinification as in Angelus, Hubert de Boüard brought his Château de Lalande de Pomerol to the top of his appellation. Rich and luxuriously aged wines, of incredible charm, with each vintage praised by critics. An exceptional 2017 vintage, of which the tiny production (saved from frost) is only available in magnums.
Noting the extent of the damage (95%) caused by the frost at the end of April 2017 in La Fleur de Boüard, Hubert de Boüard and his daughter Coralie did not give up and decided to pamper the few remaining grapes.
100% Merlot, deep, fleshy, sweet and distinguished, caressing in the middle palate and concluding with a slender and more energetic finish, their superb 2017 is an astonishing success, surely made possible by the tiny harvest (20 hl produced on 40 ha of vines, a tiny yield of 0.5 hl/ha, just one hundredth of a normal harvest!).
And, killing two birds with one stone, they took the opportunity to celebrate their 20th year at La Fleur de Boüard by putting their 2017 only in 1000 numbered magnums specially decorated by the artist Petrusse Reynen.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2024/2040