Argile ocre 2022, Graves blanc — Cuvée élue Pirate 2024

Co-planted white vines aged in amphora 2022

Organic wine certified by FR-BIO-16 and DEMETER

The Bouché plot is co-planted with Sémillon (approximately 60%), Sauvignon (25%) and Sauvignon Gris (15%).

Harvested on 26th August 2022.

This is certainly our best terroir for white wines, which excel on these 50-year-old vines.

Manual, destemmed harvest, and fermentation in barrels and amphoras.

Light sulphiting before bottling.

Our most complex classic white. From our finest terroir.

2022 Vintage:

92/100 in the Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2025 by the RVF

2020 Vintage:

93/100 in the RVF of July 2023 'Intense, full-bodied (from the lees) without being marked by the ageing, lemony with a vibrant acidity, and generous in flavour evoking all sorts of citrus fruits, this blend, dominated by Sémillon, combines presence, length and immediate pleasure.'

2019 Vintage: 91/100 in the RVF of June 2021

‘A distinctive style! A lively, uninhibited nose, suggesting tender grass, dew. A flavourful palate, with a hint of sweetness, agile and very indulgent, whose cheerful impertinence passes like a breath of fresh air.’

91/100, Decanter, Georgie Hindle, January 2022

Notes from Dominique Hutin, On va déguster, France Inter, 12th February 2022

‘Sensitive to the issue of plant heritage (see his book Bordeaux, une histoire de cépages), Jean-Baptiste Duquesne chose to co-plant his plot (the Graves classics supported by Sauvignon Gris). Expertly spiced, this crystalline wine, fermented and aged in amphora, with the addition of a barrel for ageing, sulphur-free ageing for 12 months) is slender, delicate, airy.’