Discovery of 2023 

Château Laplagnotte Bellevue
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Rating of the 2019 vintage  ... 93, 2020 ... 93+ 

 

 Discovery of 2022 

Château Le Reysse
Médoc
Rating of the 2016 vintage ... 93+ , 2018 ... 93, 2019 ... 92+

 

 Festival Personality 

Jean-François Julien
Owner of Château La Fleur Morange Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé

How a carpenter can become an iconic wine producer
... read more

 

 

You will be able to taste

 

 Médoc 

Clos Manou
the best winery in the Médoc appellation

Château Doyac
biodynamic winery with great potential

Château Le Reysse
a discovery of 2022, excellent "full-bodied" wines

 

 

 Haut-Médoc 

Château Arnauld
probably the best Cru Bourgeois in the Haut-Médoc appellation

Château Du Retout
excellent wine at an unbelievable price

Château La Lagune
Grand Cru Classé en 1855
top biodynamic wine

Château Lanessan
solid wine for good money

Château Sénéjac
excellent wine at a very reasonable price

 

 

 Saint-Estéphe 

Château Lilian Ladouys
a winery that goes up in quality incredibly

Château Phélan Ségur
a more expensive but excellent wine
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Frank Phélan
second wine; above average quality at a good price

Château Ségur de Cabanac
excellent wine at a very affordable price

 

 

 Pauillac 

Château Dompierre
a fantastic, iconic wine

Château Fleur de Pédesclaux
probably the best wine of the Pauillac appellation with a price/performance ratio

Les Griffons de Pichon Baron
a great second wine from Château Pichon Baron

Château Lynch Moussas
Grand Cru Classé en 1855 at a reasonable price

Château Pibran
excellent wine at a surprisingly reasonable price

 

 

 Saint-Julien 

Château La Bridane
small family winery with interesting wines

Château Gloria
excellent wine for an "evening for two"

Château Saint-Pierre
Grand Cru Classé en 1855
a great wine that is said to be "given to the boss when you want a raise"

Château Teynac
family-run winery with excellent, affordable wines

Le Petit Ducru
a very good second wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Les Fiefs de Lagrange
a nice second wine from Château Lagrange

Sarget de Gruaud Larose
second wine from Château Gruaud Larose of excellent quality

 

 

 Margaux 

Blason d'Issan
excellent second wine from Château d'Issan

Château d'Arsac
a quality wine at a very good price

Château La Gurgue
a wine worthy of attention, not only because of its price

Château Larruau
a family winery with excellent wines

Château Prieuré-Lichine
Grand Cru Classé en 1855
great but more expensive wines

Château Tayac
family-run winery with quality wines at excellent prices

La Nature de Durfort-Vivens
biodynamic wine (according to Demeter) from Château Durfort-Vivens

 

 

 Moulis-en-Médoc 

Château Branas Grand Poujeaux
the best wine in the Moulis-en-Médoc appellation

 

 

 Pessac-Léognan 

Château Couhins
a wine research institute with excellent wines at a good price

Château Haut Bergey
family-run biodynamic winery with excellent wines

Château Haut-Nouchet
family-run winery with excellent, distinctive wines

Château Lafargue
family-run winery with full-bodied, unique wines

 

 

 Fronsac 

Château Gaby
winery with beautiful, full-bodied wines

Château La Dauphine
elegant wines at very good prices

Château Les Trois Croix
great wines from a family-run winery

Château Moulin Haut Laroque
well balanced, full-bodied wines from a family winery

Château Villars
very good, affordable wines

Château Vrai Canon Bouché
very good quality wine at a good price

  

 

 Pomerol 

Clos René
excellent quality at a reasonable price

Château de Sales
a wine that is worth tasting

Château La Creation 
a lesser-known wine, but worth noting

Château La Croix Saint Vincent 
unique quality at a great price

Château La Pointe
a wine with a very good price/performance ratio
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Ballade de La Pointe
second wine; above average quality at a good price

Château Montviel
winery with small production but excellent wine

Château Taillefer
a very nice wine at a good price

Les Colombiers de Feytit-Clinet
excellent wine at a great price

Fugue de Nenin
the second wine from Chateau Nenin

 

  

 Lalande de Pomerol 

Domaine du Grand Ormeau
a family winery worth getting to know

Château Grand Ormeau
very good wines at an affordable price

Château Haut-Goujon
family-run winery with a wide range of quality wines

Château Haut-Chaigneau
a larger winery with interesting wines

Château Haut-Surget
family-run winery with excellent wines

Château La Fleur de Boüard
a larger winery with excellent wines

Château La Chenade
winery raised by Denis Durantou, excellent wine at a good price

Château Siaurac
a beautiful, elegant wine at a good price

  

 

 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 

Château Coutet
a family winery worth getting to know

Château Chante Alouette
excellent wine with a great price/performance ratio

Château Jean Voisin
a smaller winery that supplies its wine to the Élysée Palace

Château La Confession
a very good wine from a stable owned by Jean Philippe Janoueix

Château Laplagnotte Bellevue
a biodynamic winery with excellent wines, discovered in 2023

Château Mangot
biodynamic winery of the Todeschini family, excellent wines

Château Rol Valentin
fine-tuned, excellent wines from a traditional family winery

Château Roylland
family winery adjacent to Château Angelus, great wines at a great price

Château Saintem
a winery run until recently by Denis Durantou, excellent wines at a very good price

Château Toinet-Fombrauge
small family winery with excellent wine

Château Tour Grand Faurie
small family winery with very good wines

 

 

 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 

Château Balestard la Tonnelle
excellent wine from a winery that has been tended by the Capdemourlin family for four centuries

Château Dassault
ambitious winery of the aircraft manufacturer of the same name

Château de Pressac
the iconic winery run by Saint-Émilion legend Jean-François Quenin

Château Fleur Cardinale
to sell the ceramics factory and start making wine, a risk perhaps, but the result is great

Château Fonplegade
a couple from the USA who have renovated the winery and are producing excellent wine

Château Grand Corbin Despagne
the little big man François Despagne and his excellent biodynamic wine

Château La Fleur Morange
Jean-François Julien and his incredible story - see here

Château La Tour Figeac
a unique wine that is close in quality to its famous neighbour

Château Moulin du Cadet
the lesser-known Château owned by Marie-Bénédicte Lefévère

Château Rochebelle
the highest situated winery in St.-Émilion with a unique subsoil, you won't find a fuller wine far and wide

Château Sansonnet
in addition to Château Villemaurine, Marie-Bénédicte Lefévère also owns this excellent winery

Château Yon-Figeac
a winery that is undergoing renovations, but the excellent quality of the wine is not affected

 

 

 Montagne Saint-Émilion 

Château Clos de Boüard
Coralie de Boüard, an ambitious young lady, is building her winery on the experience of Château Angelus, her second home

 

 

 Saint Georges Saint-Émilion 

Château Saint-André Corbin
very good wine at a good price from the Vignobles Saby stable

 

 

 Puisseguin Saint Emilion 

La Mauriane
excellent wine at a low price

 

 

 Lussac Saint-Émilion 

Château Haut-Piquat
a very decent wine at a ridiculous price

 

 

 Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 

Château Montlandrie
another of the wineries run until recently by Denis Durantou, a great wine at a reasonable price

 

 

 Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 

Château Reynon
very decent wine at a good price

 

 

 Entre-Deux-Mers 

 
Château Marjosse
winery owned by Pierre Lurton, head of Cheval Blanc and Château d'Yquem, perfect price/performance ratio

Château Reaut
a young winery with an interesting business model that is growing rapidly and producing good wine at a good price

 

 

 Bordeaux Supérieur AOC 

 
Château Croix-Mouton
a solid wine from a stable owned by Jean Philippe Janoueix

Château Le Gardera
a cheap but very good wine from an organic winery

 

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