Château EDMUS

Château Edmus, located in Saint Sulpice de Feleyrens, is situated in the prestigious Saint-Emilion and Saint-Emilion Grand Cru appellations. Its dominant grape variety, Merlot, gives the red wine its fruity and silky typicity. Since 2017, the estate is committed to a conversion to organic farming by banning chemicals for soil enrichment and reducing the amount of sulfur.

Our story

Château Edmus is located in Saint Sulpice de Faleyrens in the Saint Emilion and Saint Emilion Grand Cru appellation area. Our vines, with an average age of 40 years, are planted in sandy-gravelly soil, one of the distinctive terroirs of Saint Emilion. The sandy soil warms up quickly and is characterized by a strong aromatic intensity. The complexity is to bring a work on the concentration, green harvest, bleeding, by the assembly of different grape varieties (85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc) and, for the grand cru, by aging in oak barrels. Château Edmus decided to engage, since 2017, a process of conversion to organic farming. The process is already underway since it does not use any chemical products for soil enrichment. In addition to this, the estate is very careful with the reason (green harvest, manual harvest, sorting table) and pays great attention to the hygiene of the winery, as well as the amounts of sulfur used, which are already below the standards required in organic farming. We bought our vines at the Château de Lescours, whose history dates back to the Middle Ages: a gift from King Edward I of England, who controlled Aquitaine at the time, to the Ecuyer de Lescours in 1341, the vineyard would later become one of the great suppliers of claret to the English Court. After the revolution, the vineyards were acquired by the Duke Decazes, the main minister of King Louis XVIII. We are part of this history but we strive to make a modern wine, working on concentration and complexity, produced in environmentally friendly conditions.