Château Talbot

Saint-Julien

This imposing estate owes its name to Connétable Talbot, the English General and Governor of the province of Guyenne who was defeated at the famous Battle of Castillon in 1453.

A STORY

In a few words

In an ideal location bordering the Gironde Estuary, Talbot’s vines are grown on some of the region’s most prized gravelly rises renowned for producing great wines. Talbot is one of the oldest estates in the Médoc. It has been in the hands of experienced managers for centuries, and always shown to be worthy of its inclusion in the 1855 classification.

 

Owners of Talbot since 1918, the Cordier family have perpetuated their predecessors’ commitment to quality. At Talbot, wine is very much past, present, and future, whereby traditional techniques are combined with technical innovations.

 

Thanks to an alliance between mankind and nature, as well as generations of experience, this outstanding terroir produces wines which vary depending on the vintage, but are always well-balanced and complex.

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AT THE HEAD

Representatives of the Castle

Jean-Paul BIGNON

Owner

THE CHATEAU

Key numbers

Area

105 ha

Production

280,000 bottles

Geology

Médoc gravel

Grape variety

68 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 28 % Merlot, 4 % Petit Verdot

Rearing

14 to 16 months in barrel

New barrels: 50-60%

Second wine

Connétable Talbot

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