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Château de Côme

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A Saint-Estèphe of clay and limestone that was down to 2 hectares when Baron Maurice Velge bought it in 1997, farmed organically and certified from the 2018 vintage.

Appellation
Saint-Estèphe
Classification
Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
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@chateaudecome

The château

Côme takes its name from a patrician family of Saint-Estèphe, and its vineyard goes back to about 1840. Charles Cocks and Édouard Féret, whose Bordeaux et ses vins was the reference book of the Bordeaux trade, list the Cru de Côme under Benneteau from 1883, at 30 tonneaux (the old Bordeaux measure of a crop, 900 liters, or 4 barrels), among the bourgeois growths of the commune, and in 1886 they ranked it a cru bourgeois supérieur. In 1922 it was making 20 tonneaux, and half of the old cru had been joined to La Tour des Termes. When Baron Maurice Velge bought Côme in 1997, only 2 hectares were left. The vineyard soon grew to 7, and his family runs it today. José Bueno, who trained at Château Mouton Rothschild and ran the winemaking at Château Clerc Milon and Château d’Armailhac, is the director; Miguel Esteban has looked after the vines and the cellar since 2001, and Éric Boissenot has consulted since 2008.

The vines are on clay and limestone parcels, planted 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot, and the vineyard has been certified organic from the 2018 vintage. The grapes are sorted in the vineyard and again on a table in the cellar, fermented in medium-sized cement vats, and the wine spends 12 months in barrels of Allier oak, 20 to 25% of them new. Since 2011 Côme has also made a wine with no added sulfur. It was ranked Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2020 and again in 2025.

At a glance

Appellation
Saint-Estèphe
Commune
Saint-Estèphe
Classification
Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, 2020 and 2025
Owners
The Velge family, since 1997
Direction
José Bueno, director; Miguel Esteban, vineyard and cellar, since 2001
Consultant
Éric Boissenot, since 2008
Vineyard
7 hectares, from 2 in 1997
Soil
Clay and limestone Terroir of Saint-Estèphe →
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon 45%, Merlot 45%, Petit Verdot 10%
Farming
Organic, certified from the 2018 vintage
Cellar
Sorted 2 times; cement vats; 12 months in Allier oak, 20 to 25% new
Wines
Château de Côme; a wine with no added sulfur, since 2011
In history
Cru de Côme under Benneteau, 30 tonneaux, from 1883; half of it joined to La Tour des Termes by 1922

Sources

Institutions
Maison du Vin de Saint-Estèphe, Château de Côme; Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020
Its own publications
Château de Côme: welcome, the property, the team

Revised October 23, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château de Côme is a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, in the Saint-Estèphe appellation.

The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Source: Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855

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