Last week we released the 2019 vintage of the wines from Dominus Estate, our vineyard located in Yountville, Napa Valley: Dominus, Napanook and Othello.

2019 was a very fine vintage for Napa Valley. The winter and spring were especially wet, allowing the vines to build reserves so that they did[...]

On September 8th 2022, the new classification of the wines of Saint-Emilion was published. It confirmed Château Bélair-Monange’s ranking as Premier Grand Cru Classé, a position it has held since the first Saint-Emilion classification of 1955.

Happy coincidence, we were able to welcome that very[...]

The latest edition of Vigneron Magazine is dedicated to the environmental “Viticultural Revolution” taking place in the vineyards of Bordeaux, with a focus on the Right Bank. Indeed, we are very encouraged to observe so many properties, of all sizes and from all appellations, placing environmental[...]

Starting in mid-April this year, we presented the 2021 vintage "en primeur" to journalists who had travelled from all over the world. This shift in dates afforded the wines a few welcome additional weeks of aging that were beneficial both in the presentation of the wines and for the global[...]

A few days ago we released the 2019 vintage of Annonce de Bélair-Monange and Espérance de Trotanoy.

2019 is an exceptional, if small, vintage. Two main factors led to the small yields: first, a difficult flowering that resulted in an uneven fruit set, followed by a hot and dry summer that led to[...]

Last week James Suckling published his annual lists for the Top 100 Wines of the world and of France. We were delighted to learn that four of our wines were present on these lists:

Dominus Estate 2018 - #9 in the Top 100 Wines of the World

Château Trotanoy - #2 in the Top 100 Wines of France,[...]

On Friday November 19th, the Wine Spectator gave our Dominus 2018 the distinction of Wine of the Year for 2021. 

This honor caught us by complete surprise and the outpouring of praise for Dominus has been overwhelming.

We are grateful for this recognition. Grateful for our team, for their hard[...]

Dominus Estate is pleased to announce that the sustainably and dry farmed Napanook vineyard received its CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) certification for organic farming practices on May 10, 2021. 

Over the years, Dominus Estate has worked to achieve the Napa Green Land and the Napa[...]

Terre de Vins magazine published an interview with Edouard and Christian Moueix in their July 2021 edition as part of their recurring "Saga" feature. 

In this exclusive interview, Christian Moueix recounts his experience in California ("California in the 1960s intrigued the young provincial that[...]

We are delighted to present the 2020 vintage. 

The third act in a trilogy of great vintages, 2020 shares with its predecessors the warm, dry, sunny weather conditions that contributed to producing wonderfully rich, seductive wines. 2020 further possesses a singular freshness and purity that[...]

The environment is more than ever at the center of our concerns, whether it be within our vineyards or in the natural spaces that encompass them. These areas are the habitats for wildlife that crucially must be encouraged to settle, develop and thrive.  

For many years now we have adapted our[...]

March 17 2020 : 

Due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 and the exceptional measures announced by the French government, we have decided to close our cellars and offices until further notice. 

All shipments, visits, appointments and tastings are postponed for the time being. Our[...]

Château Bélair-Monange participated in the Fall 2019 edition of Vigneron Magazine, dedicated to the 20^th anniversary of Saint-Emilion's confirmation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A pleasure and an honor to receive the talented Jean-Luc Barde (prose) and Leif Carlsson (images). You can enjoy the[...]

Château Bélair-Monange 2015 was awarded 100 pts by James Suckling upon tasting the wine in bottle in January 2017.

Regarding the 2015 vintage, he writes: “The fine structure of most 2015 Bordeaux, however, is what makes them so attractive. While many are approachable now as young wines and give[...]

“Viens, le soleil te parle en paroles sublimes”
(“Come, the sun beckons in exquisite tones »)

This verse, selected by Christian Moueix to characterize the 2015 vintage, is drawn from the poem « Midi » (« Noon ») by Leconte de Lisle in which Man is invited to luxuriate in the noon-time summer sun[...]

The quality of the 2015 vintage at Dominus Estate, Yountville Napa Valley, was confirmed on October 31, 2017 when the wine was awarded the prestigious “100 points” by Robert Parker Jr.’s Wine Advocate.

According to Christian Moueix, “Nature bestowed upon this wine the richness of Napa and the[...]

We are pleased to inform you that, on September 25th 2017, we finalized the acquisition of Clos la Madeleine, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé, and Château Magnan la Gaffelière, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.

Located on the central limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion, surrounded by the vineyard of Château[...]

In the same way that we tailor our viticulture to the individual characteristics of each micro-terroir (geology, micro-climates, rootstocks, vine vigor and age among a variety of other factors), our work to preserve the environment is equally rooted in meticulous observation and the quest for[...]

First introduced by Christian Moueix in 1973, green harvesting, or the elimination of certain clusters to ensure that the fruit left on the vine will ripen homogenously, was at first unanimously shunned, before slowly being tolerated, accepted, and, today, virtually universally considered an[...]

A Sunday morning last November, Neal Martin and Edouard Moueix presented a rare vertical of Château Trotanoy at the Wine Advocate Matter of Taste tasting in Hong Kong. The vintages presented at the tasting were 1989, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010, with all wines shipped directly from[...]

In May 2017, U.S. based journalist Levi Dalton joined us for a few days at Château La Fleur-Pétrus in Pomerol to record an interview for his podcast, “I’ll drink to that”.  We were honored that he travelled all the way from New York City to discover the vineyards of Pomerol and Saint-Emilion[...]