Chateau L'Hetre 2017 by Jacques Thienpont

Chateau L'Hetre liegt im Gebiet Cotes de Castillon und gehört Jacques Thienpont, ebenfalls Besitzer von Chateau Le Pin Pomerol und Chateau L'If St. Emilion!

- JANCIS ROBINSON, Julia Harding: "Julia discovers a delicious and – currently – affordable wine from the Thienpont family responsible for Pomerol’s Le Pin and St-Émilion’s L’If. 

Two years ago we ran a competition to rename Château Goubau, the Castillon estate bought by Jacques Thienpont and his sister in 2016. The name that was finally chosen, L’Hêtre, meaning ‘beech tree’, was in fact a family suggestion but it happily reflects Jacques Thienpont’s passion for trees, and wood in all its forms, already seen in the names of their other wines Le Pin (pine) and L’If (yew).

The history of the Flemish Thienpont family in Bordeaux dates back to 1921 when Jacques’ grandfather Georges bought Château Troplong Mondot (sold just over a decade later to pay off his debts), then three years later Vieux Château Certan.

The family, wine merchants in Belgium since 1842, is now well entrenched on Bordeaux's right bank (…) Cousin Alexandre with his son Guillaume run Vieux Château Certan while cousin Nicolas and his son Cyrille are in charge of Chx Pavie Macquin, Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse and Larcis Ducasse.

The branches are also firmly intertwined: Jacques and Fiona’s nephew Cyrille manages L’If and nephew Maxime is the winemaker at L’Hêtre."