Appellation : Cru Bourgeois, reconfirmed in 2003, AOC Haut Médoc.
The village of Saint-Seurin de Cadourne is immediately next to Saint Estèphe.

Vignoble : Soil composed of gravel, galet stones and sand. Clay-limestone base. 28.5 hectares, planted to 60% de Merlot, 35% de Cabernet Sauvignon et 5% de Cabernet Franc. Average age of vines : 35 years.

Yield : 55 Hl/Ha.

Production : 150 000 Bottles.

Vineyard practices : In winter: subsoil work (improvement of drainage and root direction), natural improvements, pruning and double guyot training, protection of the feet of the vines (improves life expectancy of vine stock and controls yields).

In spring: Debudding (suppression of secondary buds), removal of excess growth from around the feet of thevine, leaf thinning (by hand and machine), green harvesting, removal of unripe berries if needed before veraison (colour set), and finally berry sorting vine by vine before harvest begins.

Vinification : Removal of any spilt juice, bleed of vats (between 5% and 10% of overall volume), pre-fermentation cold maceration for 48 hours (to extract aroma and colour), alcoholic fermentation in cement vats, macération pré-fermentaire à froid de 48 heures avec enzymage (extraction d'arômes et de couleur), fermentation alcoolique en cuvier ciment, macération, separating press wine lot by lot, malolactic fermentation.

Ageing: 12 months in oak barrels, blending begins after six months by careful tasting and analysis, clarifying with egg white.