Clos Jean

The estate

Clos Jean has been in the Bord family for more than 6 generations, and Lionel and Nelly Bord run it today. Its chartreuse, built in the 18th century around an inner courtyard, looks over the Garonne. Charles Cocks and Édouard Féret, whose Bordeaux et ses vins was the reference book of the Bordeaux trade, listed Clos-Jean among the principal proprietors of Loupiac from 1868, under Bernède, at 18 tonneaux (the old Bordeaux measure of a crop, 900 liters, or 4 barrels) of red and 20 of white, and under the Bords from 1893. Georges Bord won a silver medal for it at the Paris exhibition of 1900, and by 1922 the estate had turned almost wholly to white: 2 tonneaux of red against 45 of white.

The 20 hectares on clay and limestone are planted 80% Sémillon, 15% Sauvignon and 5% Muscadelle, with vines 45 years old on average. The Loupiac is aged 1 third in barrel and 2 thirds in tank, and a second Loupiac, Petit Clos Jean, is made from Sémillon.

At a glance

Appellation

Loupiac

Commune

Loupiac

Classification

No classification

Owners

The Bord family; Lionel and Nelly Bord

Vineyard

20 hectares; vines 45 years old on average

Ground

Clay and limestone

Grapes

Sémillon 80%, Sauvignon 15%, Muscadelle 5%

Cellar

1 third in barrel, 2 thirds in tank

Wines

Clos Jean; Petit Clos Jean

In history

Among the principal proprietors of Loupiac from 1868; a silver medal at Paris in 1900; 45 tonneaux of white in 1922

Sources: Vins de Loupiac, Clos Jean, in French · Maison des Vins de Cadillac, Clos Jean