Chateau Tour St. Bonnet

Château Tour Saint-Bonnet is a cru bourgeois estate in the far north of the Médoc, around the village of Saint-Christoly-Médoc, with about 40 hectares of vines on prime gravel soils just inland from the Gironde. Owned by the Lafon family since 1903 and today run by Jacques Merlet, it is the largest property in the commune and has built a reputation for producing wines that outperform their modest appellation and pricing. The vineyard is planted mainly to Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in roughly equal parts, with sm…