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Château Bibian

shah-TOH bee-BYAHN

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A Haut-Médoc of 20 hectares in the commune of Listrac, where Merlot leads on clay and limestone, in the hands since 1999 of the Meyre family, Médoc growers for 6 generations.

Appellation: Haut-Médoc
Classification: Cru Bourgeois
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The château

Bibian lies in the commune of Listrac-Médoc, but its wine is a Haut-Médoc. The Meyre family, growers in the Médoc for 6 generations, bought it in 1999; Julien and Nathalie now run the family’s properties, which also include Château Cap Léon Veyrin and Château Julien, and the Michel Rolland laboratory is the enologist.

The 20 hectares lie on clay and limestone and on Pyrenean gravel, planted 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot, with vines 40 years old on average. The crop is picked by hand and by machine, sorted on a table, destemmed and crushed, and fermented in stainless steel vats; the wine is aged 12 months in oak barrels, 40% new, and fined with egg white, for a production of 80,000 bottles. Bibian was a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in the classification of 2020 and a Cru Bourgeois in that of 2025.

At a glance

Appellation: Haut-Médoc
Commune: Listrac-Médoc
Classification: Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2020; Cru Bourgeois in 2025
Owners: The Meyre family, since 1999
Direction: Julien and Nathalie, of the Meyre family
Enologist: The Michel Rolland laboratory
Vineyard: 20 hectares; vines 40 years old on average
Soil: Clay and limestone; Pyrenean gravel Terroir of Haut-Médoc →
Grapes: Merlot 60%, Cabernet Sauvignon 30%, Petit Verdot 10%
Cellar: Stainless steel vats; 12 months in oak barrels, 40% new; fined with egg white
Production: 80,000 bottles
The house: Vignobles Meyre, also Château Cap Léon Veyrin and Château Julien

Sources

Institutions: Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: Château Bibian, the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020
Its own publications: Vignobles Meyre: Château Bibian

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The record

Château Bibian is a Cru Bourgeois, in the Haut-Médoc appellation.

The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Source: Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855

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