Château

Château Clément Saint Jean

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A Médoc put together from 1996 by the growers of the cooperative Les Vignerons d’Uni-Médoc, who spent 10 years on the vineyard before it became a château of its own.

Appellation
Médoc
Classification
Cru Bourgeois

The château

Clément Saint Jean belongs to the cooperative world of the Médoc. Les Vignerons d’Uni-Médoc, based at Gaillan-en-Médoc and at work since 1934, brings together 100 families of growers and 740 hectares of vines on gravel, clay and limestone and sandy gravel; it makes its wines in 2 cellars, at Bégadan and at Prignac-Médoc, and ages them in barrel in its cellar at Gaillan-en-Médoc. In 1996 its growers began buying carefully chosen parcels for an estate of their own, and after 10 years of work in the vineyard the result was Château Clément Saint Jean. Laurent Vaché, the cooperative’s enologist and director, is in charge.

The 25 hectares lie on clay and limestone and on sandy gravel, planted 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon at 5,000 to 7,000 vines a hectare, with vines 25 years old on average. The grapes are picked by machine, the winemaking is traditional, and the wine spends 12 months in barrels, 30% of them new; about 127,860 bottles. It is a Cru Bourgeois in the classifications of 2020 and 2025.

At a glance

Appellation
Médoc
Commune
Gaillan-en-Médoc
Classification
Cru Bourgeois, 2020 and 2025
Owner
Les Vignerons d’Uni-Médoc, since 1996
Direction
Laurent Vaché, enologist and director of the cooperative
Vineyard
25 hectares; 5,000 to 7,000 vines a hectare; vines 25 years old on average
Soil
Clay and limestone; sandy gravel Terroir of Médoc →
Grapes
Merlot 75%, Cabernet Sauvignon 25%
Cellar
Picked by machine; 12 months in barrels, 30% new
Production
About 127,860 bottles
Wines
Château Clément Saint Jean
The house
Les Vignerons d’Uni-Médoc, Gaillan-en-Médoc: 100 families, 740 hectares

Sources

Institutions
Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: Château Clément Saint Jean, the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020
Its own publications
Les Vignerons d’Uni-Médoc: the vineyards, the cellars, the values, the team

Revised October 10, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Clément Saint Jean is a Cru Bourgeois, in the Médoc appellation.

Private

By invitation only.

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