Patrick Jestin, Vins et Vignobles Dourthe President :
"You can make wine almost anywhere, as long as you have vines, soil, sun and water. Great wines, however, need great terroirs and, with this top of mind, Dourthe places great emphasis on terroir in determining plantings within the Dourthe Estates and its Partner vineyards in Bordeaux. Yet these great terroirs can only reveal their true potential through the determination and effort of the people who tend them. And indeed at Dourthe, this determination and effort can be witnessed at every stage of the winemaking process.
Thus, over the years, Dourthe has developed its own particular culture – a culture intrinsically linked to the soils, with a taste for all that is good, the quest for perfection, team spirit and the desire to surpass all limits. Step by step, this culture has given rise to a style - the Dourthe Style - which, with the greatest respect for terroir and for man, characterises and sets Dourthe wines in a class of their own."
