Château Saint-Pierre: available vintages, prices and pairings

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The château

The smallest of the Saint-Julien classified growths, under twenty hectares. Henri Martin, long-time mayor of Saint-Julien and founder of Château Gloria, bought it in 1982; his family still runs it.

Mostly cabernet sauvignon, merlot, a little cabernet franc. The wine is dense, more than you would expect from a fourth growth, and keeps for twenty years. It is often a little cheaper than its neighbours of the same rank, Talbot and Branaire-Ducru. The other châteaux of the appellation are on the page Saint-Julien wines.

The château and its park are in the heart of the village of Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, surrounded mainly by cabernet plots. The soil is Günz-era gravel lying over layers of clay and sand. The vineyard covers 17 hectares, and its output has hardly changed since 1855. The vines are about sixty years old on average, a high age to which the château attributes the intensity of its wines. The estate has just switched to certified organic farming.

What to serve it with

• A vintage ten years old and more: leg of lamb, lamb shank (wine with lamb), roast pigeon.
• A younger vintage: grilled rib of beef (wine with beef), duck magret (wine with duck).
• With cheese: aged pressed cheeses (wine with cheese).

Which vintage for which occasion

For a dinner where the label matters, a classified growth at a reasonable price. For a birthday, the birth year, if the table has it (birth-year vintage). For a bigger table, Gloria, from the same family, drinks sooner and costs less.