Château
Château Liouner
A small family Listrac-Médoc whose name is a riddle: the Bosq family bought the cru Renouil in the 1920s and turned its name into an anagram.
- Appellation
- Listrac-Médoc
- Classification
- Cru Bourgeois
- On Instagram
- chateau_liouner
The estate
In the early 20th century there was a cru called Renouil at Listrac-Médoc. The Bosq family bought it in the 1920s and gave it a new name made of the same letters, Liouner, and the family has run it ever since, now across 5 generations, with M. Bosq in charge. The vines stand on a gravelly rise of Listrac, on clay and limestone, sand and gravel.
It is a small estate: 7 hectares, harvested by machine, with the wine raised 12 months in barrel. The Château Liouner 2023 is 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. The family also makes Les Diablotins, a red and a white, the white a Sauvignon Blanc fermented cold in barrel, and L’aile de Liouner. Liouner is a Cru Bourgeois in the classifications of 2020 and 2025.
At a glance
- Appellation
- Listrac-Médoc
- Commune
- Listrac-Médoc
- Classification
- Cru Bourgeois, 2020 and 2025
- Owners
- The Bosq family, since the 1920s
- Direction
- M. Bosq
- Vineyard
- 7 hectares
- Ground
- A gravelly rise; clay and limestone, sand and gravel
- Grapes
- The 2023: Merlot 60%, Cabernet Sauvignon 35%, Petit Verdot 5%
- Cellar
- Harvested by machine; 12 months in barrel
- Wines
- Château Liouner; Les Diablotins, red and white; L’aile de Liouner
- In history
- Once the cru Renouil
Sources: Château Liouner · Château Liouner, the estate · Château Liouner, the wines · Château Liouner, the 2023 · Château Liouner, Les Diablotins white 2024 · Château Liouner, legal notice · Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc, Château Liouner · Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc, the classification of 2025 · Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc, the classification of 2020
The record
Château Liouner is a Cru Bourgeois, in the Listrac-Médoc appellation.
Cru Classé
By invitation only.
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