Wines
Château Peybonhomme
Bordeaux
Certified Organic
Château Peybonhomme is one of two château’s owned by the Hubert family. Jean-Luc Hubert has worked tirelessly to restore the 19th century Château with the magnificent tower overlooking one of the few the Cru Bourgeois in the Premières Côtes de Blaye. The view from the tower overlooks the pond, the shaded garden and the hillsides are ridged with rows of wine. Château Peybonhomme is located in Bordeaux’s right bank of the Gironde, near Blaye. This organic vineyard is said to be on the best limestone and clay soils of the Cars. Jean-Luc Hubert’s desire has always been to create wines which embody the living memory of the terroir, thanks to the efforts of the people who work the land. Indeed, Jean-Luc Hubert is a viticulturist to whom the history and the life of the vineyard and the estate are a vital ingredient of the wine.
Organic Farming
Weed killers are banned and products used to treat the vines are limited to sulphur and bacillus thuringiensis. The vines are only fed with natural fertilizer, rock powder, organic compost and green fertilizer. The vineyards are controlled by the certifying agency AB ECOCERT.
Insects help to reduce the use of fungicides including copper widely used in Organic Agriculture. The strategy focuses on maintaining the biodiversity involving the auxiliary predators of vine parasites. Indirectly, the greater level of biodiversity, the lower the doses of treatment required.
Guillaume Hubert Jean-Luc and his wife Catherine
