Château Clarisse

Didier Le Calvez's passion for wine and its culture goes back to his earliest childhood, when he spent his holidays with his grandmother in Cadaujac. Since then, he has always taken an interest in market developments: from the wine farms of his childhood in Pessac Léognan, to the birth of the huge Californian vineyards of the 1970s, which were a reflection of the American dream... Olivia Le Calvez, who is passionate about wine and authenticity, also has childhood memories of winegrowing in the Haut Médoc. The intimate ties that bind them both to these grape-growing lands undoubtedly fuelled their entrepreneurial dream.

After several years of research starting in 2007, Olivia and Didier's dream took shape in the form of an authentic Gironde stone house nestling in the gently curving green landscape of the right bank. This former wine estate with its magnificent cellars, which for over a century was in the hands of the Estager family, is surrounded by a beautiful vineyard perched high (100 metres) on the plateau of Puisseguin, one of the four 'satellite' villages of Saint-Emilion. Only a humble stream, the Barbanne, a sub-tributary of the Dordogne, separates them from the illustrious fortified town.

"After two years of research, we fell in love with a vineyard that had the ideal terroir and climate, combined with the perfect grape varieties - 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Everything came together to make a wine just as I imagined it, rich in flavour and full of subtlety".

And so Château CLARISSE was born, named after their daughter (who was one year old when the first bottle was produced in 2010), to write a lovely family story...