Château Simard

Vineyards

A quintessential Saint-Émilion producer, Château Simard’s vineyard is surrounded by the region’s first growth vineyards. The 40-hectare (98.84-acre) hillside property is marked predominantly by clay with sand and gravel soil and a deep water table, forcing the vines to grow far into the ground. It is planted to Merlot and Cabernet Franc vines that average 30 years in age.

In the reclassification of Saint-Émilion, which occurs approximately every ten years (most recently in 2006), Château Simard’s vineyards qualified for Grand Cru classification, however the winery’s owner at that time, Claude Mazière, valued his freedom from regulations and preferred to continue as he had for decades, hand-selling each vintage to his loyal customers.