Château Haut-Goujon

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“From know-how to know-how...”

A family, a team, a passion, generosity, ethics, creations...

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(33) Gironde

In the Garde family, vines and values are passed down through the generations. Mickaël received from his parents a love and a deep respect for the land. Concerned about the environmental emergency, he works his vines in the most responsible way possible. He produces living wines without inputs and is very interested in geobiology to better analyze the impact of the terroir and the climate on his wines. Thus, he knows what interventions to make during the vinification.

Our story

Welcome to Château Haut-Goujon, in the Lalande-de-Pomerol and Montagne-Saint-Emilion appellation areas.
I am Mickael Garde. I run this family business with my sister, Corinne. Four generations have succeeded one another here, including that of my parents, Liliane and Henri Garde. They passed on to us beautiful values such as perseverance, sincerity, generosity, and especially love and deep respect for the land. These values have guided our choices and have always led us to be open and curious.
Over the years, our wines have continued to evolve. They fully express the potential of our atypical terroir. They are made without added sulfites or with the minimum necessary for their character and personality to fully assert themselves.
To date, my partner Valérie has joined us and helps us in this adventure. My mother Liliane, who lives on the estate, remains present.
As for Hicham, he has been taking care of the land and the vines for several years. A great team to take up a great challenge!
From a know-how to a know-how, our wines resemble us and are generous and sincere.

AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH COMMITTED AND FULFILLEDSince

2011, our desire to produce wines while reducing as much as possible the impact on the nature that surrounds us, led us to obtain the environmental certification HVE 3

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We have therefore reduced the use of phytosanitary products to a maximum. We control diffuse pollution on the site.
All this work allows us to be in phase with our values. We are convinced that this way of doing things is the only one possible in the future, given the environmental emergency.

From the grapes to the wineAll

along the elaboration of our wines, and this from the moment we start blending, we try to create different musical notes with our sensitivity

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We then compose our wines like a musical score. Hence the creation of signature wines that fully reflect our identity.

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AND TOMORROW?

Today more than ever, anchoring to the earth and respect for the living seems fundamental to us. So naturally, considering wine as living and therefore preserving it as much as possible from chemical inputs so that it can express its personality and character, has led us to propose sulphite-free wines and to reduce the addition of sulphites throughout the production process.
Aware that living organisms have an energetic vibration directly linked to the quality of their environment, we are opening up our estate to a complementary approach which is that of geobiology. It is a question of understanding and better apprehending the influences of the surrounding environment on the quality of the vines and the wine. Thus certain natural geobiological phenomena can negatively influence plots or vats or on the contrary favour higher vibratory levels.
As for a human being, a wine with a high vibratory level will be better able to develop its potential and to preserve it, a vine will be better able to defend itself against the different climatic stresses or pressures of the diseases it will have to endure.
Our sensitivity therefore leads us to discover, use and experiment actions on the plots of vines, in the cellars and storage areas and finally on the wines
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We are convinced that this approach is complementary and necessary so that we can be more in harmony with the world around us and be able to offer singular and healthy wines.