Château Cap de Faugères

The château

Cap de Faugères lies at Sainte-Colombe, on clay and limestone slopes that continue the terroir of Saint-Émilion, and it is made by the same team as Château Faugères and Château Péby Faugères, its sister estates in Saint-Émilion. All 3 belong to Vignobles Silvio Denz. Denz led the Lalique group and built a wine business in Switzerland before he invested in Bordeaux, where the group also owns Château Rocheyron and, in Sauternes, Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey.

The vineyard, just over 18 hectares, is planted 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and certified Haute Valeur Environnementale (High Environmental Value, the French state’s environmental certification for farms), level 3. Yields are kept small and the berries sorted hard. The wine ferments in stainless steel, for freshness, in a vat room of 20 vats designed by the architects Jean de Gastines and Patrick Dillon.

At a glance

Appellation

Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux

Commune

Sainte-Colombe

Classification

No classification

Owner

Vignobles Silvio Denz

Vineyard

Just over 18 hectares

Soil

Clay and limestone slopes Terroir of Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux →

Grapes

Merlot 85%, Cabernet Franc 10%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%

Farming

Haute Valeur Environnementale, level 3

Cellar

Stainless steel; a vat room of 20 vats by Jean de Gastines and Patrick Dillon

The house

Also Château Faugères and Château Péby Faugères, Saint-Émilion; Château Rocheyron; Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Sauternes