Château Tour du Pas Saint-Georges

The château

The place has a longer record than the wine. Édouard Féret, in Les vins de l’arrondissement de Libourne of 1897, lists a holding at Pas-Saint-Georges, in the commune of Saint-Georges, under Ader among the crus artisans and paysans, at 30 tonneaux (the old Bordeaux measure of a crop, 900 liters, or 4 barrels), and the edition of 1922 of Bordeaux et ses vins has it under Moureau. Today Château Tour du Pas Saint-Georges is one of the wines of Château La Fleur de Boüard, the Lalande-de-Pomerol estate that Hubert de Boüard, co-owner of Château Angélus, bought in 1998. The vines lie in one block on a hillside facing south and southeast, on clay and limestone: molasse over a bed of clay and Périgord sand.

The 2022 was picked from September 12 to 23, at 40 hectoliters a hectare, fermented in small stainless steel tanks, put through its malolactic in barrel and in tank on the lees, and aged 16 months, 50% in new French oak and 50% in stainless steel. It is a blend of 66% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, 5.5% Petit Verdot, 4.5% Carmenère, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Malbec, and it made 65,000 bottles.

At a glance

Appellation

Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion

Commune

Montagne

Classification

No classification

The house

Château La Fleur de Boüard, Lalande-de-Pomerol

Vineyard

One block on a hillside facing south and southeast

Soil

Clay and limestone; molasse over clay and Périgord sand Terroir of Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion →

Grapes

The 2022: Merlot 66%, Cabernet Franc 17%, Petit Verdot 5.5%, Carmenère 4.5%, Cabernet Sauvignon 4%, Malbec 3%

Cellar

Small stainless steel tanks; 16 months, 50% in new French oak, 50% in stainless steel

Production

65,000 bottles, 40 hectoliters a hectare, in 2022

In history

Pas-Saint-Georges, 30 tonneaux, among the crus artisans and paysans in 1897