Château

Clos Dubreuil

kloh dew-BREUY
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Put together parcel by parcel from 1997 on the limestone plateau of Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, a Clos in 9 pieces that entered the classification for the first time in 2022.

Classification
Grand Cru Classé (2022)
On Instagram
@closdubreuil

The château

Clos Dubreuil was founded in 1997 on 1 idea: find the best parcels on the plateau of Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes and gather them under one name. It took 20 years to build the mosaic, 9 pieces with their own soils and their own harvest dates, and the Clos of the name borrows the Burgundian idea of a small vineyard walled in on itself. Ralph and Lisa Eads, of a Texan family whose mother had been among the first women to import French wine into Texas in the 1970s, joined the project in 2005 and own it today, with Alain Raynaud beside them. No list had carried the name before the one approved in September 2022, which made it a Grand Cru Classé.

The vineyard is 8.55 hectares on the clay and limestone of the plateau, 1.25 of them planted with Chardonnay for a white. The red vines, 45 years old on average and under a long replanting plan, are 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the Cabernet Franc set to grow. A draft horse works the soil so that it does not pack, and the leaves are no longer pulled in summer, so that the vines need less water. The harvest is by hand, parcel by parcel, the wine ferments in stainless steel and is raised entirely in new barrels, and about 20,000 bottles are made. Anna is the second wine and Dubreuil Chardonnay the white.

At a glance

Appellation
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Commune
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, on the limestone plateau
Classification
Grand Cru Classé in 2022, for the first time
Owners
The Eads family, since 2005, with Alain Raynaud; founded in 1997
Direction
Caroline Lagière, general manager, from the 2025 vintage; Joël Elissalde, technical director
Vineyard
8.55 hectares in 9 pieces, 1.25 of them Chardonnay; vines 45 years old on average
Soil
Clay and limestone of the plateau Terroir of Saint-Émilion →
Grapes
Merlot 70%, Cabernet Franc 25%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%; Chardonnay for the white
Farming
A draft horse works the soil
Cellar
Picked by hand, parcel by parcel; stainless steel; raised entirely in new barrels
Production
About 20,000 bottles
Wines
Clos Dubreuil; Anna; Dubreuil Chardonnay

Sources

Institutions
Association des Grands Crus Classés de Saint-Émilion, Clos Dubreuil; Conseil des Vins de Saint-Émilion, Clos Dubreuil; Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité, the Saint-Émilion classification of 2022
Its own publications
Clos Dubreuil: the estate, the wines, the owners

Revised November 6, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Clos Dubreuil is a Grand Cru Classé (2022), in the Saint-Émilion Grand Cru appellation.

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is an appellation, not a rank. A wine may carry it and hold no place at all in the Saint-Émilion classification.

Source: INAO, Saint-Émilion grand cru

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