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Chateau Jonqueyres

Name

Chateau Jonqueyres

Owner

Arcaute-Audy Family

Area under vine

40 ha

Grape varieties

75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon

Description

Chateau Jonqueyres was built in 1685 and has been in the possession of the Audy family for over a century. The current n40 hectares under vin are on ideal clay-limestone hillsides in the Entre-Deux-Mers appellation. The Keller and Arcaute-Audy families have been business partners for more than thirty years. The wines of Chateau Jonqueyres show freschness and bite, and are attractive from an early age but charming and lasting in their maturity - they always deliver more than expected.

Drinking Age

3-0 years after harvest

Second Wine

none

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Chateau Pey La Tour

Name

Chateau Pey La Tour

Owner

Vignobles Dourthe

Area under vine

135 ha

Grape varieties

95% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon,
1% Petit Verdot

Description

Chateau Pey La Tour, owned by Dourthe, is just a 20 minutes drive from Bordeaux in the direction of St. Emilion. The clay, limestone and gravel soils act like a drainage. 

Drinking Age

5-10 years after harvest 

Second Wine

none