Many of our favorite Bordeaux are made by the small-scale vignerons who are making highly-individualized, artisanal Bordeaux on sites the large châteaux haven’t (yet) been able to acquire.

Moulin de Tricot, a teeny-tiny Chateau in... Read More

Many of our favorite Bordeaux are made by the small-scale vignerons who are making highly-individualized, artisanal Bordeaux on sites the large châteaux haven’t (yet) been able to acquire.

Moulin de Tricot, a teeny-tiny Chateau in Margaux, is one of our favorite examples. They've been around for centuries and the family just refuses to sell out to the bigger châteaux. They keep their local traditions alive, making Bordeaux that doesn't cater to the ever-changing fashions.

They work by hand, planting their vines much too close for tractors, in the ancient way. Keeping the vines so closely packed isn't just a way of pre-committing to hand-harvesting, it’s also a traditional way of controlling each vines’ yields. These lower yields make for naturally concentrated flavors, without any sort of technical interventions in the cellar. Intense, terroir driven goodness!