Château Berliquet

The estate

Berliquet is on the Belleyme map of 1768 and sold wine under its own name from 1784. The 19th century rated it. André Jullien, the Paris wine merchant whose Topographie de tous les vignobles connus of 1816 surveyed the vineyards of the world, singled out its vines in his edition of 1832, with Canolle and Meynot, among those that set the Saint-Émilion slope apart, and the list of 1841 that Charles Cocks reprinted in 1850 put it in the first class of the Haut-Saint-Émilion, under Pérez, at 15 tonneaux (the old Bordeaux measure of a crop, 900 liters, or 4 barrels). The name stays there in every edition of the guide to 1893.

In the 20th century it lost the thread. From 1953 the grapes went to the Saint-Émilion co-operative, and the estate did not bottle its own wine again until 1978. It was in neither the classification of 1955 nor the revision of 1969. On May 23, 1986 it was made a Grand Cru Classé, the only estate promoted that year, and it has kept the rank at every revision since: 1996, 2006, 2012 and the list approved in September 2022.

The vineyard sits on the limestone plateau southwest of the town, surrounded by the vines of Château Canon. Chanel, which is the Wertheimer family, owned Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux, bought Canon in 1996 and Berliquet in 2017, and Nicolas Audebert runs all 3. The planting is Merlot and Cabernet Franc with a little Malbec, and the balance is moving toward Cabernet Franc: 2 and a half hectares have been replanted since 2017, and 1 third of a hectare of Malbec went in in 2021. The vineyard was certified organic with the 2024 vintage. A new vat room opened in 2023, about 1 tenth of the blend is raised in clay amphorae, and Les Ailes de Berliquet is the second wine.

At a glance

Appellation

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Commune

Saint-Émilion, on the limestone plateau southwest of the town

Classification

Grand Cru Classé from 1986 to 2022; not classed in 1955 or 1969; MICHELIN Guide, 1 grape (2026)

Owner

Chanel, the Wertheimer family, since 2017

Direction

Nicolas Audebert, who also runs Château Canon and Château Rauzan-Ségla

Grapes

Merlot and Cabernet Franc with a little Malbec, the share of Cabernet Franc rising

Farming

Certified organic with the 2024 vintage

Cellar

A new vat room in 2023; about 1 tenth of the blend raised in clay amphorae

Wines

Château Berliquet; Les Ailes de Berliquet

In history

First class of the Haut-Saint-Émilion in the list of 1841, at 15 tonneaux

Sources: Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, Château Berliquet · Decanter, Chanel expands in Bordeaux with the Château Berliquet deal · Conseil des Vins de Saint-Émilion, the classification of 2022, press kit