Château Le Puy: Vineyards
Château Le Puy sits on what the Amoreau family claim is the second highest point in the Gironde département, on the same limestone plateau as St Emilion. The village of Francs, after which the appellation Francs Côtes de Bordeaux is named, is located some 2 or 3 kilometres to the north-east. The villages of Puisseguin, Lussac and Montagne, after which the three St Emilion satellite appellations are all named, are directly west of the Côtes de Francs vineyards, while Castillon lies to the south. St Emilion is therefore to the south-west, perhaps 12 kilometres distant.
The estate covers 51 hectares, although if I understand correctly there are 31 hectares of vines all told, including 3 hectares of white varieties. Here on the right bank the soils are naturally limestone, the nuances in the Château Le Puy vineyard coming from the overlying soils; the majority of the vines are planted on clay, silt and limestone, over the deeper limestone bedrock, although 25% are on a purer clay over limestone and 10% is just clay and silt over limestone.
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