Our Wines
“With minimal impact on our beautiful surroundings and amazing terroir, we simply aim to make delicious and high quality wines.”
After hundreds of years of winemaking at Chateau la Yotte, we are writing a new chapter. We were stunned by the diversity of terroir we found in Loupiac from the highs of the steep hills to the shores of the Garonne river. After extensive soil tests and taking the changing climate into account, we replanted all our land with root stocks and varieties that will flourish in the decades to come. Our first wines with all varieties contributing were bottled in late 2024.
With no less than six red wine grape varieties in the ground we have a countless number of clone and rootstock combinations. We planted them knowing the challenges of organic grape growing and what warmer climates will bring. Consulting the history books we were reminded of what used to produce the best wines on our beautiful slopes two centuries ago. We planted old clones of Cabernet Franc on limestone slopes and Malbec recognising that it was a dominating varietal in the region two centuries ago. We planted Petit Verdot in sand soil for its rewarding flavour characters, knowing it also brings hard work and sleepless nights. We planted Touriga Nacional, finding the perfect spot of land for it, and we planted Castets, bringing back a principally forgotten and extinct Bordelaise grape variety. We planted some Merlots, ensuring we have the mouthfeel and mid palate covered.
LA YOTTE - Our Creme de la Creme
By design we will not lack ripe grapes giving character, longevity, refreshing acidity and grippy tannins. With six varieties and even more clones and soil types, we may drive our cellar workers mad but make our onologist euphoric as we are rewarded with countless components at our disposal. We proudly aim very high and work hard to prove that we are capable of great wines of quality and elegance. After pressing our fermented dry wines, we age our varieties separate from each other for at least 12 month in french oak barrels, the classic Bordelaise 225 liter barriques, and then in bottle for the wine to integrate as one. We aim for the stars.
2023: CADILLAC CÔTES DE BORDEAUX, 13.5%
CAB FRANC, MALBEC, PETIT VERDOT, MERLOT
RosÉ - Refreshing but with character
There may be a temperature at which even the Milan is not refreshing enough. For such sunny days our crisp roses, made by bleeding our Malbec and Merlot vats will be essential. We aim for a lower alcohol, refreshing acidity combination that allows you to enjoy more than a small glass. Fermenting slowly at a cooler temperature, this rose offers sweet wild strawberry and raspberry flavours but also structure making it a perfect choice for food.
Enjoy it with grilled fish and vegetables, a sallad nicoise or why not just as an aperitif in the sun ..
2024: BORDEAUX ROSÉ, 12.5%
MERLOT, MALBEC
Milan - elegant YET RACY
Having spent our summers in Southern Sweden, we have a special relationship to the kite, the bird of pray that has chosen the Skåne as it’s favourite nesting place. As we moved to France, we were comforted to find the skies full of beautiful migrating kites where it spends its summers before finding warmer weather in Africa. Other than keeping our vineyards clean from pests, the arrival of our spectacular summer visitors marks the arrival of warmer weathers, which calls for fresh summery drinks.
Milan is the french word for the bird that we use to name our elegant unoaked red to be enjoyed slightly chilled when the sun shines. All the hallmarks of a grand vin but a delightful elegance and style.
2024: VIN DE FRANCE, 12.5%
MERLOT, MALBEC, TOURIGA NACIONAL, CASTETS
FONTAINE - SPICE AND structure
Fontaine is our Grand Vin paying tribute to the family that made wine at our estate for centuries - the family of de Fontainemarie. Here on the spectacular limestone slopes towards the Garonne river Loupiac’s best sweet was made alongside of reds, rosés and dry whites, with quality and longevity as guiding lights.
For them we make a special cuvée and an atypical blend that we think matches the character of this family we love, namely lots of joy but also spine and refreshing spice!
Give me time and I will offer immense drinking pleasure.
2023: CADILLAC CÔTES DE BORDEAUX, 13.5%
PETIT VERDOT, MERLOT, CABERNET FRANC, MALBEC
And MUCH more…
We dare to say that there is not a winery like ours. The feedback from our neighbours when robots work the parcels of Tourigas and Castets range from applause to remarks that we are barking mad. We respond by making a wine principally by our grapes not allowed in any great quantity in the appellation, hence this cuvee is a ”vin de France”. Emphasising just how different a wine this is, we ask patients at an open mental hospital in a neighbouring village to make us art we can use as labels, which hence will be different each year. Parts of sales are reinvested in local charities. We are just beyond excited about this series!
We also want to present the monocépages, the single varieties, and even more interesting combinations where 1+1 equals more than 2.
