Château

Château Les Charmes-Godard

shah-TOH lay sharm goh-DAR
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Capitals mark the stressed syllable. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

A Francs Côtes de Bordeaux of the Thienpont family since 1988, whose white the family ferments in barrel and keeps on its lees, as it would a great white Bordeaux.

The château

The Thienpont family bought Les Charmes-Godard in 1988, and Nicolas Thienpont, who also runs Château Pavie Macquin and Château Larcis Ducasse, manages it. The vines grow mostly on clay and limestone, with some silty soil over marl. There is a red and a white, and the family puts its ambition in the white: it works it like a great white Bordeaux, fermenting it in barrel and keeping it on its lees, with the revival of the appellation in mind. About 15,000 bottles are made.

At a glance

Appellation
Francs Côtes de Bordeaux
Classification
No classification
Owners
The Thienpont family, since 1988
Direction
Nicolas Thienpont
Soil
Mostly clay and limestone; some silt over marl Terroir of Francs Côtes de Bordeaux →
Cellar
The white fermented in barrel and kept on its lees
Production
About 15,000 bottles of white
Wines
Château Les Charmes-Godard, red and white

Sources

Companies
François Thienpont, Château Les Charmes-Godard
Its own publications
Nicolas Thienpont: Château Les Charmes-Godard white (in French)

Revised October 18, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Les Charmes-Godard is in the Francs Côtes de Bordeaux appellation.

Private

By invitation only.

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