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Olivier Bernard, architect of a new deal.

Château Lespault-Martillac is an ancient estate located on a fine gravelly rise overlooking the commune of Martillac. Since 2009, management has been entrusted to Domaine de Chevalier, a Graves great growth belonging to the Bernard family.
Olivier Bernard has a clear ambition: to realise the château’s outstanding potential and its aim of becoming one of the jewels of the Pessac-Léognan appellation.
The new man at the helm of Lespault-Martillac gives us an insight into future developments…

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New deal

My priority is to fully express the vineyard's considerable potential…

Our goal from the very start was to make great wine thanks to Lespault-Martillac’s truly outstanding terroir and its old Merlot vines with low yields of superb fruit…

My priority
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I decided to highlight this great terroir's intrinsic charm…

Merlot predominates on this fine, rather warm and early maturing terroir. Moreover, it is propitious to numerous combinations of grape varieties…

Charm & style

Great wine is always made from great grapes...

The vineyard consists of eight hectares in a single block, including one of white wine grapes. It is cultivated like a garden, with the same care and attention as at Domaine de Chevalier…

Like a garden
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Château
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red wine

Grapes from 7 hectares of old vines, mainly planted with Merlot and a little Cabernet Sauvignon, are fermented and aged carefully to bring out the best of the terroir and fruit.

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Château
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white wine

Grapes from a single hectare planted with 80% de Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Sémillon are fermented with surgical precision by the highly-skilled team from Domaine de Chevalier.

Wines with natural silkiness and a smooth...

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