Château
Château La Fleur Morange
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A young name on vines more than 100 years old at Saint-Pey-d’Armens: 900 bottles made in a garage in 1999, and a Grand Cru Classé 13 years later.
- Appellation
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru - Classification
- Grand Cru Classé (2022)
- Châteaux
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The château
La Fleur Morange began with a marriage and a patient game of swaps. In 1977 Simon Landard left Château du Basque, at Saint-Pey-d’Armens, to the Lafaye family; in 1992 Véronique Lafaye married Jean-François Julien, and the family started trading parcels with the neighbors to bring together the oldest vines of the commune. The first vintage, in 1999, came from 14 ares, 8 rows, and made 900 bottles in a garage. The revision of 2012 made it a Grand Cru Classé, 13 years after that first vintage, and the list of 2022 confirmed it. Jean-François and Véronique Julien own it, and their daughter Mathilde works the vines, the cellar and the export trade with them.
The vineyard is 3.50 hectares at La Clote, at the foot of the slope the locals call the Terre Blanche, on clay and limestone rich in iron; 2 hectares of it are classified. It is planted 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, and the parcel that came from Château du Basque is more than 100 years old. No vine is left more than 10 bunches. The wine ferments in double-walled truncated vats, moves by gravity and is raised in barrels. There is also a white.
At a glance
- Appellation
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru - Commune
- Saint-Pey-d’Armens, at La Clote, at the foot of the Terre Blanche slope
- Classification
- Grand Cru Classé, 2012 and 2022
- Owners
- Jean-François and Véronique Julien, since the first vintage of 1999
- Vineyard
- 3.50 hectares, 2 of them classified; the oldest parcel more than 100 years old
- Soil
- Clay and limestone rich in iron Terroir of
Saint-Émilion → - Grapes
- Merlot 70%, Cabernet Franc 30%
- Farming
- No more than 10 bunches a vine
- Cellar
- Double-walled truncated vats; gravity; barrels
- Wines
Château La Fleur Morange ; a white
Sources
- Institutions
- Association des Grands Crus Classés de
Saint-Émilion ,Château La Fleur Morange ; Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité, theSaint-Émilion classification of 2022 - Its own publications
Château La Fleur Morange : the history, the treasure, the team
Revised September 23, 2026. How I choose sources
The record
Source: INAO,
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