Château Couronneau

Château Couronneau

【A driving force behind organic Bordeaux】

Château Couronneau is a property of great antiquity, one that came through the long wars between England and France known as the Hundred Years' War.

Its recorded history begins in 1620; the château is encircled by a moat and crowned with eight towers. Christophe Piat watches over every stage with meticulous attention, from the work in the vines to the moment of bottling, and he shares what he learns with the younger owners of the district as he keeps refining the wines.

He is also a persuasive voice for a newer way of thinking that puts a château's own identity first, and he is forever in pursuit of wines with genuine charm. Making the most of a remarkably favoured natural setting, he farms organically — a winemaker whose work for the future is quite simply about leaving the land intact for his children.

Cuisine et Vins de France crowned Christophe Piat its Wine Grower of the Year, its highest distinction, ahead of the countless producers of Bordeaux, while La Revue du Vin de France has praised his wines as bottles you could drink every day without ever tiring of them.