Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Château Haut-Veyrac

Creating wines, and emotions.

Located on the hillsides of Saint-Emilion, these clay-limestone vineyards cover 10 hectares (8 ha of Merlot and 2 ha of Cabernet franc) and have been farmed by the Claverie and Castaing families for six generations.

Château Haut-Veyrac’s marketing and promotional strategy hinges on the values that guide the people here: hard work, nature, future generations, the family and patience. All of these anchors are firmly rooted in the soils, the vineyards, the people who farm them and the partners who help make our wines and their distribution network successful.

Testimonial:

“In an era when marketing reigns supreme, we look on incredulously as the fashion for ‘free-from’ takes hold willy-nilly: free from pesticides, free from copper, free from sulphites, even free from yeast! There is no nuance, no moderation and no pleasure! Haut-Veyrac makes wine WITH ingredients and the one thing it is not free-from is meaning and common sense!

Our wine is designed for inquisitive and demanding wine enthusiasts, gourmet food lovers, epicureans and hedonists because it combines a set of values, a way of being, the passion and pleasure that we want to convey. In a word, it is an object of culture.

Our objective is to produce an elegant, balanced wine of excellence, mirroring sense of place whilst showing deference to the environment. We now use bio-protection which maximises aromatic extraction and significantly reduces the amount of sulphites”.

Distinguishing features:

“We set great store by quality distributors who are familiar with the property and our wine and can talk about them with ease. Our relationships are based on meaningful engagement and a long-term commitment. This enables us to support them with a sales assistance programme which we will be ramping up over the next few years with a whole new series of initiatives”.

WINE FACT SHEET:

Château Haut-Veyrac
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Sustainably farmed vineyards
Soils: clay-limestone.
Varietal range: 75 % Merlot, 25 % Cabernet franc.
Ageing: 12 months in French oak casks, including 50% new barrels.
Price: €16 incl. VAT ex-cellar.

Consultant winemaker: Julien Belle