Le Puy
Dating back to 1610, Château Le Puy is one of Bordeaux’s most historic and distinctive estates. Located on the plateau of Côte de Francs, the Amoreau family has cultivated vines here for over 400 years, producing Bordeaux wines that are natural, pure, and free from chemicals or additives. Revered for their finesse, balance, and long ageing potential, Le Puy’s wines offer a unique expression of terroir, standing apart from traditional Bordeaux classifications. Often described as “the Petrus of natural wine,” they are highly sought after by sommeliers, collectors, and wine lovers worldwide. At The Vintage Wine Club Hong Kong, we proudly offer exclusive access to Château Le Puy’s rare and iconic cuvées, bringing Bordeaux’s most authentic wines to Hong Kong collectors.
Bordeaux
Le Puy
Saint-Emilion
Wines In Portfolio
The Domain
Owned by the Amoreau family since 1610, Château Le Puy overlooks the Dordogne valley on the same geological plateau as Saint-Emilion and Pomerol, once called the ‘Plateau of Wonders’. The Château was originally built at the beginning of the 17th century and later extended in 1832 by Barthélémy Amoreau.
Located at the top of the same clay and fossil-rich limestone plateau as Saint-Emilion, overlooking the districts of Pomerol and Saint-Emilion, le Puy dominates the Dordogne Valley. At an altitude of 107m, it is the second highest geodesic point of the Gironde department. This position lent its name to the site as of Roman times ; le Puy means a high place, a podium or mountain peak.
The Style
There are 35 hectares of vines spread over three plots with soils made of clay, limestone and silica. It’s quite common to find some sharpened flints between the vines as some parts used to be battlefields in medieval times.
The soil type varies but is principally a mix of clay, silex and limestone, with very high acidity levels. The average age of the vines is 50 years and no synthetic treatments have ever been used at the estate, which is certified biodynamic. Harvest is manual, the grapes are entirely destemmed and the cuvaison is long, continuing for two to four weeks. The “elevage” of the Le Puy wines is done according to the lunar rhythm. The wines are neither fine nor filtered before bottling. Jean-Pierre Amoreau and his son, Pascal, oversee the vineyards and vinification.