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Château les Tuileries

shah-TOH lay tweel-REE

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A family of coopers and growers at Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc since 1877, who replanted after the frosts of 1956 and have grown the vineyard, generation by generation, to 28 hectares.

Appellation: Médoc
Classification: Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
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The château

Les Tuileries is a grower’s story, told in generations. Armand Gaspard, a cooper who also grew vines, worked the land until 1928; Robert Dartiguenave, another cooper, from 1919 to 1958; Gilbert Dartiguenave from 1940 to 1988; and Jean-Luc Dartiguenave since 1988. The frosts of 1956 forced a replanting, and each generation since has added vines, up to 28 hectares in 4 parcels of clay and limestone over rock, 5 to 10 meters above sea level. The family has been an independent grower since 1983 and a Cru Bourgeois since 1986, and was ranked Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in the classifications of 2020 and 2025.

The vineyard is 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, planted at 5,000 vines a hectare and certified Haute Valeur Environnementale (High Environmental Value, the French state’s environmental certification for farms). The grapes are picked by machine and destemmed in the vineyard, sorted on a vibrating table and given a cold soak of 5 to 6 days before fermentation. Château les Tuileries spends 12 months in barrel, two thirds new and one third after 1 wine, about 80,000 bottles a year. Above it stand 2 cuvées aged 24 months in new oak: the Prestige des Tuileries, 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet, and L’Intégrale des Tuileries, one third each of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. The family also makes Château Terre Blanche, a Médoc, a Petit Verdot, a rosé and a white.

At a glance

Appellation: Médoc
Commune: Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc
Classification: Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, 2020 and 2025
Owner: The Dartiguenave family; Jean-Luc Dartiguenave since 1988
Vineyard: 28 hectares in 4 parcels, 5 to 10 meters above sea level; 5,000 vines a hectare
Soil: Clay and limestone over rock Terroir of Médoc →
Grapes: Merlot 50%; Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon 50%
Farming: Haute Valeur Environnementale
Cellar: Picked by machine; cold soak of 5 to 6 days; 12 months in barrel, two thirds new
Production: About 80,000 bottles of Château les Tuileries
Wines: Château les Tuileries; Prestige des Tuileries; L’Intégrale des Tuileries; Château Terre Blanche

Sources

Institutions: Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: Château les Tuileries, the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020
Its own publications: Château les Tuileries: the vineyard, the wines

Revised October 13, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château les Tuileries is a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, in the Médoc appellation.

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