Château Hostens-Picant

Located in the Gironde, the expansive residence of the Hostens-Picant family has a charm that is impossible to resist. It is here – nestled between 42 hectares of rolling fields – that the family has “built” their vineyard over the years. For the ninety years prior to its purchase in 1986, the estate had remained property of the same family. The story of the grounds, however, goes back considerably further, to just seven years after the end of...

The reds are composed essentially of merlots and cabernets francs. Sémillons, sauvignons and muscadelles make up the whites. All the grapes are meticulously vine-selected before delivery to the cellar. No chemicals are ever used and all work on the vines is strictly manual, including close guyot cuts to limit vine yield, turning over the first 20cm of earth to increase oxygen intake, disbudding to aerate vine stocks, pruning, green-harvesting....

Over the years we have never hesitated to evolve and raise difficult questions in the interest of cultivating the absolute best our land has to offer. Since 2004, we have partnered with and received the guidance of Stéphane Derenoncourt and his staff. A relationship based on mutual trust, a host of different resources and the fine quality of the land have all contributed to the design of a truly grand project...

With Stéphane, a cultur...