Jonathan Maltus: Other Single Vineyard Wines
Alongside the famous Le Dôme and less widely appreciated Vieux Château Mazerat come three other single vineyard cuvées, Les Astéries, Le Pontet (which first appeared in the 2015 vintage) and Le Carré. There is also a blended wine Château Laforge, made using fruit from all three of St Emilion’s principal terroirs, and a white wine named Le Nardian. I will deal with the three vineyards on the limestone plateau first.
Les Astéries
Of the other Maltus vineyards it is perhaps worth coming to Les Astéries first, not least because this was the first of these other single-vineyard sites that Jonathan purchased. The vines are located on a back road, close to Château Fonroque (it was indeed once part of the Fonroque vineyard). Although the vineyard engenders a sense of isolation, the vines sitting in the shadow of some ruined buildings (pictured), they are in fact a very short distance from the town of St Emilion itself.
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