CHÂTEAU COUTELIN-MERVILLE BORDEAUX, FRANCE

The vineyard is in Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux, France, on the mountaintop of the city. Some parcels are near Château Haut Marbuzet and Tour de Pez. The estate has been under the ownership of the Estager family for over 100 years. In 1987 Bernard Estager gave up his career as an accountant in Paris to assume his inheritance – 37 acres of prime slopes at the highest point of St Estèphe. He is a very good winegrower who increasingly improves the wine. Sustainable practices are followed in the vineyard.