Expert Corner
Château Belgrave’s coat of arms
Le 21 August 2017The Château Belgrave’s coat of arms symbolizes the wine estate’s history. The ferret, used by hunters as rabbits’ beater, is the symbol of…
Summer in the Dourthe estates…
Le 30 July 2017Works in the vineyard follow the seasons : pruning in Winter or harvest in the Fall are key moments in the life of…
Dourthe vineyards, in the process…
Le 06 June 2017With all our vineyards firmly committed to sustainable viticulture for many years now, we decided it was time to validate our skilled expertise…
Château de Ricaud 2016, Cadillac-Côtes…
Le 10 April 2017The remarkably diverse soils and conscientious work in the vines adapted to the needs of each parcel, tempered the effects of the vintage’s…
Château Pey La Tour 2016,…
Le 09 April 2017On the clay soils of Château Pey La Tour, the first warm and rainy months proved at times complicated for work in the…
Château Reysson 2016, Cru Bourgeois,…
Le 08 April 2017After a lengthy, rigorous period of redevelopment in the years following Dourthe’s arrival back in 2001, the vineyards at Château Reysson, planted unusually…
Château Rahoul 2016, Graves
Le 07 April 2017Château Rahoul’s vineyards, which were painstakingly redeveloped over the past 10 years, are established on sandy-gravel and clay-gravel soils typical of the Graves…
Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac…
Le 06 April 2017In 2016, capricious Mother Nature also revealed her more generous side, when after several months of heavy rain, flowering occurred amid fortuitous mild…
Château La Garde 2016, Pessac-Léognan
Le 05 April 2017At Château la Garde, our meticulous approach to soil management has been instrumental to the success of a vintage characterised by changeable weather.…
Château Le Boscq 2016, Cru…
Le 04 April 2017On the deep, well-drained gravel soils at Château Le Boscq, the vineyard has seen a rigorous viticultural regime introduced to the vineyard. Given…
Château Belgrave 2016, Grand Cru…
Le 03 April 2017The start to the season was characterised by warm, wet weather, in contrast to summer’s drought conditions, which at times caused significant water…
2016 – Vintage overview –…
Le 02 April 2017This year’s excessive weather conditions kept us on our toes like never before. During the first few months we were buffeted between hope…
