Year: 2019
CHATEAU PEY LA TOUR COAT…
Le 29 August 2019You will not be surprised to learn that the coat of arms of Château Pey La Tour is … a tower! It is…
CHATEAU RAHOUL COAT OF ARMS
Le 31 July 2019The square courtyard of Château Rahoul is home to venerable witnesses of the distant past of this ancient seigneury, located in the village…
CHÂTEAU DE RICAUD 2018, CADILLAC…
Le 08 April 2019On the steep vineyard slopes here at Château de Ricaud, sustainable grass planting and temporary cover plantings help prevent surface run-off, erosion…
CHÂTEAU PEY LA TOUR 2018,…
Le 05 April 2019Meticulously handling interventions in the vineyard was essential to best manage the vagaries of the vintage, namely heavy rain during the first six…
CHÂTEAU GRAND BARRAIL LAMARZELLE FIGEAC…
Le 04 April 2019The first few months of the year were characterised by high rainfall. Flowering went well, during an opportune, clement window of opportunity, confirming…
CHÂTEAU REYSSON 2018, CRU BOURGEOIS,…
Le 03 April 2019During the first six months of the year, the equivalent of 12 month’s rainfall drenched the clay soils at Reysson. By June, the…
CHÂTEAU RAHOUL 2018, GRAVES
Le 02 April 20192018 was more of a long-distance race than a sprint. We clearly experienced two wildly contrasting periods, alternating abundant rainfall and milder than…
CHÂTEAU LA GARDE 2018, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN
Le 01 April 2019After a gloomy, mild start to the year, summer followed seamlessly at the start of July and lasted right through until the end…
CHÂTEAU LE BOSCQ 2018, CRU…
Le 29 March 2019Abundant rainfall during the first six months of the year caused unusually high disease pressure; a mild spring and high temperatures at the…
CHÂTEAU BELGRAVE 2018, GRAND CRU…
Le 27 March 2019The weather during the first half of the year will long be remembered for record rainfall, making work in the vineyard challenging for…
2018 vintage overview – Frédéric…
Le 26 March 2019After a testing 2017, the first half of 2018 really kept us on our toes. Through the painstaking work and constant monitoring of…
The 2018 vintage – Patrick…
Le 25 March 20192018 will undoubtedly be remembered as a vintage of extremes. Record rainfall in the first half of the year, unprecedented disease pressure across…
