Chateau du Champ des Treilles

History

The cradle of our families is located in the region of Sainte-Foy la Grande, a small town on the Dordogne river; east of Bordeaux.

We met in adolescence, on the benches of the Lycée. Then, after our studies, we created a family with the birth of two children, Thomas and Laure.

In 1998, the decision to keep the family vineyard was obvious because it was a question of saving old vines, some of which had been planted during the Second World War.

We hadn't evaluated the difficulties that would punctuate our journey. Despite this, we have never changed from our line: to produce great, pure and sincere wines.

Corinne has become the new winemaker. Jean-Michel kept his position as Technical Director of Château Pontet-Canet until 2020.

Since then, we have lived on the estate as close as possible to our vines.

Vineyard

The vineyard has 10 ha (25 acres) of vines. It is located on clay-limestone soils with sometimes flint outcrops.

2/3 with red grape varieties; mainly Merlot, then Cabernet Franc, Petit-Verdot and finally Cabernet-Sauvignon.

1/3 with white grape varieties; Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle.

The traditional planting density in the region of 5000 vines/ha (2000 vines/acre) has been maintained despite the generalization of the local decrease in the number of vines. Moreover, some plots have been planted or brought by doubling the rows to 10000 vines per ha (4000 vines/acre). Indeed, the more plants per ha, the stronger the competition between the vines and therefore the lower their individual production but of high quality.

The average age of the plots is about forty years, with a strong desire to preserve the old vines that produce wines of great concentration.