ClassificationCotes de Bourg AOC
VarietalsMerlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec
Hectares10 ha
OwnerFrancois Mitjavile
WinemakerFrancois Mitjavile
Founded1988
TastingBy appointment only.
NeighbourhoodCotes de Bourg AOC

Signature wines: roc-de-cambes

Scores: Wine Advocate 95 (2005), Decanter 95 (2018)

Location

Address: Chateau Roc de Cambes, 33710 Bourg-sur-Gironde, France, Bordeaux

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Chateau Moulin Pey-Labrie ★ 4.3

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Tasting: Visits and tastings available by appointment.

Signature wines: moulin-pey-labrie

Scores: Wine Advocate 92 (2019), Decanter 91 (2018)

Chateau Chasse-Spleen ★ 4.4

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Moulis-en-Medoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel with 100 hectares. Named for Baudelaire's 'chase away the blues'; Cabernet-dominant with excellent value-to-quality ratio.

Tasting: Visits and tastings available.

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Scores: Wine Advocate 93 (2016), Decanter 93 (2019)

Chateau Sociando-Mallet ★ 4.5

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Haut-Medoc Cru Bourgeois that many consider above its classification. 85 hectares of Cabernet-dominant vines; Jean Gautreau's uncompromising quality standard since 1969.

Tasting: Cellar visits available by appointment.

Signature wines: chateau-sociando-mallet, la-demoiselle-de-sociando-mallet

Scores: Wine Advocate 95 (2016), Decanter 94 (2018)

Chateau Margaux ★ 4.9

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Premier Cru Classe Bordeaux at Margaux AOC, estate founded 1572, now owned by the Mentzelopoulos family. Cabernet-dominant blends with 18 to 24 months in new oak barrel ageing.

Tasting: By appointment only, Monday to Friday; closed weekends, August, public holidays and harvest. Tasting for professionals only.

Signature wines: chateau-margaux-grand-vin, pavillon-rouge-du-chateau-margaux, pavillon-blanc-du-chateau-margaux

Scores: Wine Advocate 100 (2016), Wine Advocate 100 (2015)

Chateau Lafite Rothschild ★ 4.9

Premier Cru Classe (1855 classification)Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot112 haFounded 1234Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite); Saskia de Rothschild, chairWinemaker Eric KohlerECOCERTPauillac AOC

First-growth Pauillac estate with 112 hectares of Cabernet-dominant vines. Owned by the Rothschild family; fully organic since 2024 with Saskia de Rothschild at the helm.

Tasting: Currently closed for renovations until 2026. Alternative visits at Chateau Duhart-Milon.

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Chateau Latour ★ 4.9

Premier Cru Classe (1855 classification)Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot78 haFounded 1331Groupe Artemis (Francois Pinault)Winemaker Helene GeninPauillac AOC

First-growth Pauillac estate with 78 hectares at the southeastern tip of Pauillac commune. Owned by Groupe Artemis since 1993; withdrew from en primeur system in 2012.

Tasting: By appointment only for professionals; visiting restricted.

Signature wines: latour-grand-vin, les-forts-de-latour, pauillac-de-latour

Scores: Wine Advocate 100 (2010), Wine Advocate 100 (2003)

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