Château Laniote

The estate

Pierre Lacoste, a wine merchant of Saint-Émilion, founded Laniote in 1816 and enlarged it until 1844. In 1842 the family also took the hermitage of Saint-Émilion, the Trinity chapel and a part of the catacombs, and the chapel of the 13th century is still drawn on the label. Since then the estate has passed from mother to daughter, which is why the names change while the family does not: Lacoste, Rouja, Freymond, Schneider, La Filolie. Rouja is the name Charles Cocks and Édouard Féret, whose Bordeaux et ses vins was the reference book of the Bordeaux trade, printed against Laniote in 1899, at 8 tonneaux (the old Bordeaux measure of a crop, 900 liters, or 4 barrels); their edition of 1922 noted that the Chapelle de la Trinité stood on the highest ground of the property, with 7 bell towers in sight. Arnaud and Florence de la Filolie hold it now.

Laniote was left out of the first classification, of 1955. The revision of November 17, 1969 made it a Grand Cru Classé, 1 of 8 estates classified for the first time that year, and it has held the rank at every revision since, in 1986, 1996, 2006, 2012 and 2022. The vineyard is 5 hectares, 900 meters northwest of the village, on deep clay and limestone over starfish limestone, planted 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, with vines 36 years old on average. There is 1 wine, Château Laniote.

At a glance

Appellation

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Commune

Saint-Émilion, 900 meters northwest of the village

Classification

Grand Cru Classé since November 17, 1969, and at every revision to 2022; not in the list of 1955

Owners

Arnaud and Florence de la Filolie; the family since 1816, from mother to daughter

Vineyard

5 hectares; vines 36 years old on average

Ground

Deep clay and limestone over starfish limestone

Grapes

Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 15%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%

Wines

Château Laniote

The monuments

The hermitage, the Trinity chapel and part of the catacombs, in the family since 1842

Sources: Château Laniote, the château · Association des Grands Crus Classés de Saint-Émilion, Château Laniote · Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité, the Saint-Émilion classification of 2022