Château le Puy
The Amoreau family has been living and working on the unique terroirs of Chateau Le Puy since 1610. Working the vines, preserving the soil and producing quality wines has always been the main motivation of the generations that have worked at Chateau Le Puy over the years .
Today Jean-Pierre, Francoise and Pascal run the 25 hectares of the Domaine following biodynamic methods. This gives them the opportunity to make the best of an exceptional terroir. As a matter of fact, Chateau Le Puy lies on the same rock plateau as Pomerol and Saint Emilion, a place known in ancient times as "The Plateau of Wonders" because of the excellence of its wines. Today the 25 hectares are planted with vines that are 50 years old on average with a majority of Merlot (85%), then comes Cabernet Sauvignon (14%) and Carmenère (1%). Special care keeps on all along the wine-making process: neither yeasting nor chaptalisation are used.
Jean-Pierre’s definition of a wine grower: “Being a wine grower is being an artist with method, audacious with reflection, enthusiast with mediation, ardent with patience, stubborn with imagination, thrifty with generosity”.
