Château Vieux Pourret

Château Vieux Pourret is located in Saint-Émilion near Bordeaux, a legendary region for wine. A small, family-run estate (6 hectares), Château Vieux Pourret produces wine under the Saint-Émilion Grand Cru appellation. Its owner, Sylvie Richert-Boutet, strives for harmony with nature. As a result, soil and vine management follow a lunar calendar. The Château Vieux Pourret vineyard is free of herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides. The team has expanded with the arrival of Michel Tardieu and Olivier Dauga.

To produce vibrant grape clusters, Château Vieux Pourret’s vineyard manager, Jean-Philippe Turtaut, uses natural preparations to work in harmony with the vines, strengthening their resilience and helping them draw out the very best of the Saint-Emilion terroir. These grapes form the foundation of a wine that, through traditional winemaking methods, delivers a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc that lives up to its promise. Château Vieux Pourret is the first vineyard in Saint-Emilion in the process of converting to biodynamics, certified by DEMETER. The grapes are harvested by hand, sorted into baskets, and then on a sorting table. For aging, Olivier Dauga and Michel Tardieu have chosen barrels that impart elegance, finesse, and balance, while preserving the wine’s fruitiness and smoothness. In 2008, all these talents combined gave rise to the cuvée: Dixit Château Vieux-Pourret.