Château

Clos Saint-Julien

kloh san zhew-LYAN
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The smallest vineyard in the Saint-Émilion classification, 1.2 hectares of limestone with more Cabernet Franc than Merlot, run by Catherine Papon-Nouvel since 1998 and classified for the first time in 2022.

Classification
Grand Cru Classé (2022)

The château

Saint-Julien is an old place name at Saint-Émilion. The trade directories of the 19th century listed a Saint-Julien among the first growths of the commune, under the Lacombe-Guadet family and later the Gariteys; that old estate went on under the Guadet name, and the Clos is a separate vineyard on the same land. Catherine Papon-Nouvel, of the Vignobles J.J. Nouvel, has run it since 1998 from Château Gaillard. The list approved in September 2022 brought Clos Saint-Julien in as a Grand Cru Classé, a rank it had never held.

The vineyard is 1.2 hectares of limestone, the smallest of the 85 on the list, planted 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot, which makes it one of the few estates on the list where Cabernet Franc leads. Visits are by appointment.

At a glance

Appellation
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Commune
Saint-Émilion
Classification
Grand Cru Classé in 2022, for the first time
Owner
Catherine Papon-Nouvel, Vignobles J.J. Nouvel
Direction
Catherine Papon-Nouvel, since 1998
Vineyard
1.2 hectares, the smallest of the 85 on the list
Grapes
Cabernet Franc 60%, Merlot 40%
Wines
Clos Saint-Julien

Sources

Institutions
Association des Grands Crus Classés de Saint-Émilion, Clos Saint-Julien; Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité, the Saint-Émilion classification of 2022

Revised October 18, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Clos Saint-Julien 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

Private

By invitation only.

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