Coming from a long ancestry of 11 generations of father-to-son winegrowers, François Raquillet took over the estate in 1990 with his wife, Emmanuelle.

Made from 55 year old vines on a stony limestone soil, with all the grapes destemmed. Very powerful deep purple, stopping short of black. Much greater density, plenty of tannins too but a limestone vivacity bursts through. Extremely long.