The most eastern of the appellations surrounding Saint-Emilion, the Chateau is located on predominately clay-limestone soils punctuated with smalls areas of gravel.

Located in the middle of the valley of Saint-Emilion its 6 hectares of vineyards face south-southeast.

At a bend in the middle of the valley, you will discover our estate and our home; a "Girondine" of the seventeenth century...

My parents, like me, are very attached to this place.

A friend once told me, “There are some wines that exist that people compare to ‘secrets’, so selfishly, that one only wants to share them with a few select friends, for the friendship with they lend is only worthy of the their love of wine and the blessed terroirs...”

We are obviously not the only ones who can claim this compliment, as so many wonderful wine-growing areas exist throughout the world, but I found it pretty and I hope you will think about as you discover our wine...

Château Le Bernat, in Puisseguin Saint-Émilion, on the route du Champs des Boys, is a place of great sweetness, dare I say, almost ‘feminine”…

We love its breezes, colors, lights, aroma, softness, and its plush hillside...

As a rule t Chateau le Bernat, we offer you the best of nature.  All of the passion that we have for our appellation of Puisseguin Saint-Emilion is reflected in our wines.

Simply, we want to offer our guests and our customers the best service, the finest wines for each tasting, a real experience and a wonderful shared moment.

Our grapes deserve all of our care.  To be the best, we strive for perfect maturity of the grapes in our vineyard by making every effort to have as late a harvest as possible.
The 6-hectare estate sits on a clay-limestone soil.   Our vineyards consist of vines more than 37 years old, planted with 65% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.  Since 2009 we have harvested completely by hand, followed by mechanical sorting.  Our fermentation takes place with non-added natural yeasts over a period of 25 days.

Our vines are the objects of careful attention, receiving special care for drainage, trellising and double guyot pruning.
The vat room has been refitted with small-capacity thermo regulated stainless steel tanks, ideal for vinification by parcel.
The chai has been restored for a perfect mastering of barrel aging.  For the first vintage we used entirely new French oak barrels, and now we buy 30% new barrels each year. 

Regular leaf removal, green harvests, and picking and sorting by hand have been implemented to control yields and to ensure that the grapes are harvest at perfect ripeness.
Our friend, oenologist Jean-Philippe Fort from the laboratory of Michel Rolland, managed the winemaking from the beginning.  For the first three years, the vineyard was managed by the Banton Laurand Company, followed by Alexandre Candido, while today it is managed by Michel Adoue. 

Over the course of thirteen years, Liliane, Nathalie and Pierre-Jean Le Roy have learned to truly know their terroir, its potential, and to deal with nature and its whims to make the best of Chateau Le Bernat.
The vintages of Chateau Le Bernat that have occurred since 1999 tell a story in the cellars and on the tables of our clients of a passion, of a taste for the best effort and the desire to realize a dream.

• APPELLATION: Puisseguin Saint-Émilion

The wines of Puisseguin Saint-Émilion, like those of Bordeaux, are blended wines that develop complex aromas, balanced fruits and tannins.  Careful aging in oak barrels gives the wines their spice and vanilla aromas.
With age, our wines express notes of flowers and cocoa with smoky fruits.
In their youth, our wines are powerful and at times very tannic.  The tannins develop and become rounded with time, giving way to a delicious wine.

• Varieties:

Merlot: the variety of reference in Saint-Emilion, it produces supple and round wines

Cabernet-Sauvignon: produces robust wines for aging with structure and finesse.

Château Le Bernat : 1 Champs des Boys - 33570 PUISSEGUIN

• By plane:
   Airport: Bordeaux Mérignac.
   Take the road to Libourne, then to Saint-Émilion, and finally to Puisseguin.

• By train : TGV
   Paris-Bordeaux, get off the train at the stop in Libourne, after Libourne go to Saint-Émilion and then to
   Puissseguin.

• By road :
   AutoRoute Paris-Bordeaux, exit at the last toll before Saint-André-de-Cubzac, then go towards Libourne,
   Saint-Émilion and finally Puisseguin.

• Location of the estate in relationship to Puisseguin
   500 m from the village on the ‘route de Saint-Philippe d'Aiguilhe’, it will be on your left as you descend

• To make an appointment
   Telephone: +33(0)5.57.74.58.54      Fax: 33(0)5.57.74.59.02