Château

Clos Saint-Martin

kloh san mar-TAN

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Capitals mark the stressed syllable. “an” is a nasal vowel: say it through the nose, with no n. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

1.3 hectares on the plateau beside the town, a Grand Cru Classé in every list since 1955, made entirely in barrel and terracotta jar, with no second wine: every lot goes into the single label.

Appellation: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Classification: Grand Cru Classé (2022)
Châteaux: See it among the 629

The château

Clos Saint-Martin grew out of a walled enclosure on the limestone plateau beside the town, the Enclos de Saint-Martin. It has been a Grand Cru Classé from the first Saint-Émilion classification of 1955 through every revision since, in 1969, 1986, 1996, 2006, 2012 and in the list approved in September 2022, without a break. The Reiffers family gathered 3 classified growths here, Clos Saint-Martin, Château Côte de Baleau and Château Les Grandes Murailles, and Sophie Fourcade ran all 3. In March 2013 the Cuvelier family of Clos Fourtet bought Côte de Baleau and Les Grandes Murailles outright and took a share of Clos Saint-Martin, in which Sophie Fourcade remains the majority shareholder. Les Grandes Murailles, 2 hectares of limestone lying against Clos Fourtet, was absorbed into Clos Fourtet from the 2022 harvest, which leaves 2 of the 3 on the list.

The vineyard is 1.3 hectares of clay and limestone over the plateau, facing southwest, planted 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, one of the smallest on the list. The grapes are picked by hand and the wine is made from start to finish in barrel and in terracotta jar, in new oak throughout, and raised 24 months. The estate yields about 40 hectoliters, some 5,000 bottles a year, and all of it is Clos Saint-Martin: with no second label, there is nowhere to put a lot that does not make the cut.

At a glance

Appellation: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Commune: Saint-Émilion, on the limestone plateau beside the town
Classification: Grand Cru Classé in every list from 1955 to 2022
Owners: Sophie Fourcade, majority shareholder; the Cuvelier family, of Clos Fourtet, since March 2013
Vineyard: 1.3 hectares facing southwest
Soil: Clay and limestone over the plateau Terroir of Saint-Émilion →
Grapes: Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 15%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%
Cellar: Picked by hand; made in barrel and terracotta jar; new oak throughout; 24 months
Production: About 40 hectoliters, some 5,000 bottles a year
Wines: Clos Saint-Martin; no second wine
The 3 growths of 2013: Clos Saint-Martin, Château Côte de Baleau and Château Les Grandes Murailles; Les Grandes Murailles taken into Clos Fourtet from the 2022 harvest

Sources

Institutions: Association des Grands Crus Classés de Saint-Émilion, Clos Saint-Martin; Conseil des Vins de Saint-Émilion, Clos Saint-Martin; Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité, the Saint-Émilion classification of 2022
Press: La Revue du Vin de France, Les Grandes Murailles is taken into Clos Fourtet
Companies: Château Côte de Baleau, the family estates

Revised October 13, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Clos Saint-Martin 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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