100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally).  The fruit for the "Château" bottling comes from estate plots totaling 5 hectares with vines averaging 40 years old. All of Combel's vines are limestone-rich soils typical of the Causse Calcaire plateau on which they lie--but the vines in this cuvée are on...

100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally). "Peyres Levades" is Occitan for "pierres levées", a direct reference to the stoniness of the terrain of this 0.58-hectare lieu-dit. The vines are over 50 years old and yield only 25-30 hl/ha. Besides being notably stony, the soils are the most limestone-packed...

Buzet was recognized as an Appellation in 1973, as it’s clay limestone soils are ideal for Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Christophe tends to these vines with the utmost respect for biodiversity of the terroir and this cuvée is vinified without oak. 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. Certified...

Odile Delpon inherited the family vineyards, tobacco farm, and saffron plantation in Albas in 1968. She developed the winery with her husband Claude, until their son Didier Pelvillain took over a few decades ago. Soils here are clay and limestone. Didier farms at the highest level of sustainability...