Château Verdignan

Known as one of the oldest wine-growing estates around Pauillac and without doubt the oldest of Saint Seurin de Cadourne, Verdignan stands out first of all by the sheer beauty of the architecture of the château.

The building is still striking even if one third of it was destroyed by fire.

The numerous photographers who stop to put it on film find that there is a distinct architectural similarity with other Médoc constructions built earli...

The vines of Château Verdignan are planted in 60 hectares of excellent gravely soil situated in Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, a town near Saint-Estèphe in the district of Pauillac, in the HAUT-MEDOC appellation. Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne draws maximum benefit from the nearby estuary of the Gironde and of the Atlantic.

The vineyard is planted with 65% of Cabernet Sauvignons, 5% of Cabernet Franc and 30% of Merlot grapes.

On average, the vines ...

The Harvests

Grassing between the rows, leaf removal after flowering and crop thinning enable the grapes to ripen in the best possible conditions. Harvesting is performed " à la carte ", always starting with the Merlot grapes and then the later ripening Cabernets. It is a period which calls for painstaking, detailed attention to be sure of optimising the quality of the grapes by enhancing the different quality nuances of each grape variety ...