Château Grillet

Recognized as an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) by the INAO in 1936, Château Grillet, with its 3.5 hectares, was then the smallest AOC in France. At that time, the most famous of food critics, Émile Sailland, known as "Curnonsky" (1872-1956), ranked Château Grillet among the 5 greatest white wines in the world. The property has since belonged to several bourgeois families from Lyon until Isabelle Baratin decided to sell it to François Pinault in 2011.

Since then, every effort has been made to restore this vineyard to the prestige it enjoyed at the beginning of the century.

Under the guidance of Frédéric Engerer, Alessandro Noli initially managed the winemaking and the high-precision aging of the estate before moving to Clos de Tart. Jaeok Chu Cramette then took over management and continued to improve the wines through meticulous attention to viticulture. Château-Grillet now offers a second wine, the Côtes-du-Rhône "Pontcin," and a Condrieu from a 0.25-are plot in the Carterie lieu-dit. The entire estate has been certified biodynamic since December 2016. Like most of the vineyards in the region, those of the estate are planted on often vertiginous slopes and are worked using winches and pickaxes. The wine, which always combines the freshness on the palate with the ripeness of Viognier, develops complex flavors of fruit and spice. Nestled within the Condrieu appellation, it is ideally suited for aging and offers a unique balance within this region.