2020 · Le Roc de Château Puybarbe
Château Puybarbe
Red · Côtes de Bourg, France
Bold structured
Dry · Fruit-forward · Spicy · Full-bodied
Technical details
Vinification & maturation
Cold macerationTemperature‑controlled fermentationCap managementPost‑fermentation warm phaseMalolactic fermentationFrench oak barrels
Grapes
MerlotCabernet Sauvignon
Soils
ClayCalcareous
Producer
Château Puybarbe
France
Château Puybarbe is a 41-hectare estate in Bordeaux’s Côtes de Bourg, planted mainly with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon on calcareous-clay soils. Finnish owners Riku and Anna Väänänen have pursued sustainable, organic and biodynamic farming, with vegan principles, no herbicides or chemical fertilizers, and no-till practices intended to support biodiversity and soil health. The estate is HVE certified and is preparing for Biocyclic Vegan certification. Winemaking is guided by consulting oenologist Stéphane Derenoncourt, with the wines aged in French oak barrels.
Vineyard scale
Small
20-40 ha
Production scale
Medium
120-240k bottles/yr