Our vineyards
Harvest 2018
Follow the progress of the new vintage with Frédéric Bonnaffous, Director, Vignobles Dourthe
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…
How are the dates for…
Le 15 September 2017The traditional “Ban des Vendanges”, the official start date determined by the town authorities, is a formality that has become part of Bordeaux’s…
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…
2014 vintage review
Le 12 May 2017After having released their barrel-tasting notes for the 2014 vintage, following the “en primeur” week in April 2015, some journalists came back to…
