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  • Chateau Marquis d`Alesme Becker

  • Chateau Montlandrie

  • Chateau Montrose

    Before there were vines on the slope that now marks the vineyards of Montrose, there was heather. And at the right time of year, the hillside turned pink with heather flowers. Hence, Montrose – ‘mont rose’, ‘the pink slope’. Vines did not arrive here till the early 19th century, which makes Montrose one of the youngest classed growths. Yet it is also one of the best. It is often thought of as the first growth of St-Estephe, and frequently vies for the title of wine of the vintage.

  • Chateau Mouton-Rothschild

    Tasting en primeur, Mouton-Rothschild invariably seems to be opulent, rich, flambuoyant, the anitithesis of the other Rothschild First Growth, severe, austere Lafite. Mouton is one of the very few properties to be in the hands of the same family now as it was at the time of the 1855 classification (only Leoville and Langoa Barton enjoy that same historical continuity). Mouton took shape from the inheritance of Nicolas-Alexandre de Segur, who in his time had owned and created many of Bordeaux’s greatest estates. In 1720, one Joseph de Brane bought Mouton, and rechristened it Brane Mouton.

  • Chateau Olivier

  • Chateau Palmer

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    Named after one of Wellington`s generals, Charles Palmer owned this Chateau for nearly thirty years until 1843. A bit of a charmer, he intercepted the young widow on her way to the sale of her property and ended up with a bargain and who knows what else. Unfortunately, the general ended up as one of those who made a small fortune in the wine trade by starting out with an enormous one and his investments in Ch Palmer nearly bankrupted him. The only reason that Palmer has such a lowly position in the 1855 classification is that the subsequent owners had little time to put things right.

  • Chateau Pavie Macquin

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  • Chateau Phelan Segur

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    It is ‘a star in the appellation,’ according to Jane Anson, which would ‘make it into a new version of the 1855 classification if one ever came around’. Neal Martin calls it ‘quintessentially Saint-Estephe’. Quality is soaring at Phelan-Segur, and that is reflected in the scores it has been achieving. The terroir has always been good; the largest and best vineyard plot is adjacent to Montrose, although there is another excellent and significant section alongside Calon-Segur. While ownership changed in 2017, the steady hand of Director Veronique Dausse remained on the tiller.

  • Chateau Pichon Longueville Lalande

    Pichon Lalande is easily one of the greatest wines of the Medoc, frequently vying with and sometimes exceeding the first growths in quality. It has its roots in the Pichon estate, which was split in 1850 into the two parts thereafter known as Pichon Baron and Pichon Lalande. From 1978 until 2007, Pichon Lalande was owned and managed by the redoubtable May Eliane de Lencquesaing. A powerful ambassador for Bordeaux worldwide, she oversaw many great vintages, the expansion of the vineyard and the rising profile of Pichon Lalande.

  • Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron

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    What is now Pichon Baron originally formed part of the same estate as Pichon Lalande. In 1850, on his deathbed, Baron Joseph de Pichon Longueville split his estate into two. 20 hectares went to his two sons, and were thereafter known as Pichon Baron, and 30 hectares went to his three daughters, and thereafter became Pichon (Comtesse de) Lalande.

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