Located on the right bank of Bordeaux, east of Libourne, the appellation of Saint-Émilion extends over an area of 5,400 hectares, and has some 800 properties. It is one of the historic crus of Bordeaux, where the simple act of evoking its name makes us travel in this vineyard with a thousand faces.

The soil is incredibly rich, limestone, clay-limestone, sandy and gravelly. The vineyard is divided into 4 distinct groups, where each part of the wine has a singular and representative identity of its place of production.

• The plateau with its clay-limestone soil and red and brown clays on limestone asteries.
• The coasts, like that of Pavia for example, with their clay-limestone soil on molasses of the fronsadais.
• The feet of coast with their siliceous and clay soils.
• The valley, which extends to the Dordogne, with its sandy-loam and sandy gravel soil.
• The northwest of the appellation benefits from sandy soil covered with small gravel, so typical of the neighboring appellation of Pomerol.

The grape varieties allowed are Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenère and Petit Verdot (as an accessory grape, that is to say less than 10% of the grape variety).

Every 10 years, the appellation is talked about with the publication of its, very famous and no less criticized, ranking of wines. Some adoubent it when others are fervent detractors, it is nevertheless a real reward for the castles candidates for a promotion to the higher rank as for those who simply wish to integrate it.

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru