Description
REIGNAC Castle is located on a ridge at the confluence of Entre Deux Mers, it has a rare feature, that of bringing together the best soils of straight (clay-limestone) and left (clay-gravelly) banks on the same property. Château REIGNAC presents one of the best value for money in Bordeaux, as witnessed, year after year, the blind tastings of the European grand jury as well as the notes of the greatest tasters worldwide. This feat results from an obsessional work associated with an exceptional terroir. The current castle was built in the 16th century by Lord Baude de Peyron. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it undergoes transformations: the creation of a court of honor closed by beautiful grilles and a remarkable greenhouse signed Gustave EIFFEL. Since its acquisition in 1990, Yves and Stéphanie VATELOT have made every effort to raise REIGNAC to the level of the greatest Bordeaux. Surrounded by the best advisors, like the talented oenologist Michel Rolland, they never stop looking after the property and innovating.
The milestones :
1990 : Purchase of the property and renovation of the Château and the cellars.
1993 : Creation of a lake (approval and protection against frost)
1996 : Birth of the REIGNAC cuvée rated 90/100 by Robert PARKER and among the 50 best Bordeaux all appellations and rankings confounded by the Grand Jury European.
1998 : Restoration of a dovecote of the 16th Century which becomes a blind tasting tower unique in the world.
2000 : Great success of the vintage (92/100 R. M. PARKER)
2002 : Elaboration of a new vintage BALTHUS from clay-limestone plots and composed exclusively of Merlot.
2005b: Air conditioning and hygrometry control in the storage cellars of the bottles.
2006 : Construction of a wine effluent treatment plant.
2009 : Collaboration with the renowned JP COUSINIE for a personalized nutritional monitoring of the vine.
2010 : Wastewater treatment plant by remediation (bamboo plantation on 3500 m2)
2010 : Planting a plot of 3 ha (1 ha of Cabernet and 2 ha of Merlot).
