Closerie Saint Roc

The Amoreau family has been at the helm of Chateau Le Puy, in the Francs-Cotes de Bordeaux appellation, since 1610, and their unbroken tradition of chemical-free farming (horses are still employed for plowing), natural ferments, gentle extraction, aging in old barrels, and bottling without filtration and with the barest minimum of sulfur has gained them an enormous cult following over the years. 

More recently, the Amoreau family was able to purchase the Closerie Saint Roc–an enclosed 16-hectare vineyard on the site of a historic 12th-century encounter between the English and the French, located just one kilometer south of Le Puy and planted decades ago to Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc which thrive in the closerie’s limestone-rich, fossil-strewn soils.