Every week, on Tuesday morning, I do a tour of the vineyard at Chateau Argadens. I visit each plot, looking at what condition the leaves and the bunches are in, hunting out insect larvae, checking on the vineyard team’s recent work (sucker removal, tying up..), how the vines have come on (what stage of phenolic ripeness they have reached, in particular) and, last but not least, having a good look at the state of the soil. My promenade gives me all the valuable information I need – along with the weather forecast, of course – to draw up the work plan for the coming week. That Tuesday morning, however,...[ Read more ]

Spring has arrived at Château Argadens. The first buds have appeared, the ladybirds are...[ Read more ]

After a rainless month of December the vines received plentiful precipitation, sometimes in the form of thunderstorms – 200mm/m² in January and 135mm/m² in February...

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A crucial part of sound viticultural practice, pruning aids fruitfulness and sets the stage for a quality grape harvest. The team at Château Argadens has already been hard at work for some weeks now, pruning shears in hand, removing...[ Read more ]

December… The harvest is a hazy memory, the wines are maturing slowly in the vats. The vines are bare and the thrushes have deserted the hedgerows.  You might think it’s a slack period in our calendar.
But you’d be wrong!!...   [ Read more ]

With their powerful but fragile aromas, these “superior” alcohol compounds found specifically in white wines are the Holy Grail for which we quest at every harvest.
Judge for yourself: as harvest-time approaches, they’re late in expressing... 
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2015 will be a great vintage, a pleasure anticipated and shared by numerous Bordeaux winegrowers, as you already know. 
But for us 2015 is more than that – it’s a reward... [ Read more ]

Some people are saying it’s the future of Bordeaux…
…“King” Cabernet, a later grape than the Merlot and consequently more able to withstand global warming. Having been planted... [ Read more ]