Château le Puy- Cuvée Barthélémy 2012
The 2012 Château le Puy Cuvée Barthélémy is a Bordeaux red wine produced by Château le Puy under the Autres appellations designation. This cuvée blends 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. Jancis Robinson awards it a score of 16/20 and suggests a drinking window from 2015 to 2022. The critic describes a wine featuring dark red fruits, hints of forest floor and truffle, a dry and taut structure, and a mouth-watering finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Autres appellations
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château le Puy- Cuvée Barthélémy
- Cuvée
- Cuvée Barthélémy
- Millésime
- 2012
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
Château le Puy- Cuvée Barthélémy
Le Puy is a wine estate situated in Saint-Cibard, in the Libournais region, on the limestone plateau of the Francs-Côtes-de-Bordeaux. The Amoreau family has been based there since 1610 and manages around 54 hectares of vineyards within a larger estate that preserves meadows, woods and ponds. The estate is certified for organic and biodynamic farming.
- Owner
- Famille Amoreau
- Maître de chais
- Steven Hewison
- Surface (ha)
- 54.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 180 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The earliest known ancestors of the Amoreau family living on the Puy estate date back to 1610. At that time, the family combined the cultivation of vines with that of red wheat in a mixed-farming system. As early as 1868, Barthélemy Amoreau was already recording his thoughts on the use of sulphur in winemaking. In 1921, the estate introduced a new grape-harvesting technique; then, in the early 1930s, Pierre-Robert Amoreau contributed to the development of the ‘fouilleuse’, a tool for shallow soil cultivation. After the Second World War, Pierre-Robert Amoreau joined the Nature et Progrès association, whose work helped shape the development of organic farming in France. The estate subsequently obtained Ecocert certification for organic farming and Demeter certification for biodynamic farming. From 1990 onwards, Jean-Pierre Amoreau and his son Pascal developed wines with no added sulphur, drawing in particular on the notes left by Barthélemy. The ‘Barthélemy’ cuvée was launched in 1994, in homage to this ancestor. The estate retains a significant proportion of its land as meadows, woodland, ponds and orchards, alongside the vineyards. Le Puy remains in the hands of the Amoreau family; Steven Hewison serves as technical director and cellar manager there.
Cuvée Barthélémy
Barthélemy is a distinct red cuvée produced exclusively from the grapes of the historic "les Rocs" parcel. Created in 1994, it is vinified without added sulfur and aged through dynamization. The estate presents it as the purest reflection of its identity and as coming from its highest-quality historic parcel.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- Homage to Barthélemy Amoreau (1844-1925), the family's ancestral winemaker whose notebooks already questioned the use of sulfur in winemaking.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1994
- Style of the cuvée
- A deep, fine, and structured red wine characterized by integrated tannins, a dense texture, and a long aging potential, crafted in a low-intervention style without seeking woody aromas.
- Position within the range
- Emblematic single-plot cuvée, originating from the historic parcel presented as the estate's highest quality.
Histoire de la cuvée
The first vintage of Barthélemy was born in 1994. The cuvée pays homage to Barthélemy Amoreau, a family winemaker who, as early as the 1870s, recorded his reflections on the possibility of vinifying without sulfur. From its inception, it has come exclusively from the "les Rocs" parcel, crafted without added sulfur and aged through dynamization.
