Château du Puy 1997

Château du Puy 1997

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While Japanese manga series ‘The Drops of God’ ¬– which tells the story of one man’s quest to discover the world’s greatest bottles – rocketed Château Le Puy to fame in 2009, remarkably little has changed at the estate in 400 years.

While many Bordeaux properties were drawn to chemical agriculture in the inter-war period, the Amoreau family have never used synthetic fertilizers or herbicides. A true pioneer of biodynamic farming and natural winemaking (long before the dogmas and manifestos), Le Puy is an oasis of biological diversity – for every hectare of vines, there’s another of hedgerows, figs, hazelnuts, and beehives.

Situated in Saint-Cibard, Le Puy’s vineyards share the same limestone plateau as neighbouring appellations, Saint-Emilion and Pomerol. Spicy and vivid, earthy and saline, Le Puy is reminiscent of the best Bordeaux of old.

(*Name changed from du Puy to Le Puy in 1999).

Wine Details

Type Red
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Producer Château le Puy
Vintage 1997
Grape Varieties Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon
Farming Organic, Biodynamic
ABV 12.0%
Bottle Size 75.0cl