A brief history
Gombaude-Guillot draws its substance from one of the world’s great terroirs –the Pomerol plateau.
To offer without pretense but with all its opulence, the quintessence of a great vine-growing terroir, is the purpose of our organic vine-growing and wine-making methods.
“Organic” vine-growing is about bringing the grapes to ripeness in optimal condition while drawing on all the riches that nature has given to us rather than resorting to the use of chemical products, which damage it. Vinifying naturally means guiding the wine-making, drawing as much as possible on the resources of the grape must itself. The possible inputs (a little sulphur) are limited to a strict essential minimum (cf. technical data sheets on the wines).
All of these things enable us to make for you a wine which is full and fine, concentrated and balanced –a genuine reflection of one of the very greatest wine-growing terroirs in Bordeaux.
Since 1997, our organic vine-growing has been monitored and certified by an independent official body (ECOCERT).
Gombaude-Guillot was the first great Bordeaux growth (in terms of terroir –there is no official classification in the Pomerol appellation) to acquire organic certification.
Our biodynamic vine-growing, begun in 2006, is developing and is also going through the process of official certification (Biodyvin).
In practical terms, our everyday tasks are focused on:
