Château Clos de Sarpe, winner of the
 15th Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés challenge

12 years ago, for the first time the Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés Challenge was organised outside Europe. On May the 25th, for the sixth time, this challenge was held at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong.

©Conseil des vins de Saint-Emilion

Organized by the Saint-Emilion Wine Council, this 15th biennial competition had 36 Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés go head to head in a series of eliminatory rounds in which pairs of wines were compared for overall consistency in quality in three consecutive vintages. This year, the vintages were 2011, 2012 and 2013.

The Château Clos de Sarpe was the winner, winning the final against Château Fleur Cardinale.
 And the two semi-finalists were
 Château Laroze 
and Château de Pressac.

The four top winners will be honored in the medieval city of Saint-Emilion during the Harvest Permission of the Saint-Emilion Jurade, Sunday September 18th 2016. They will be offered a magnum-sized decanter from the Riedel crystal collection.

36 châteaux attending the Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés Challenge 2016 :

1. Château Guadet
2. Château Jean Faure
3. Château Balestard la Tonnelle
4. Château Barde Haut
5. Château Bellefont Belcier
6. Château Cadet Bon
7. Château Cap de Mourlin
8. Château Clos de Sarpe
9. Château Dassault
10. Château De Ferrand
11. Château De Pressac
12. Château Destieux
13. Château Faugères
14. Château Faurie de Souchard
15. Château Fleur Cardinale
16. Château Fonplégade
17. Château Franc Mayne
18. Château Grand Corbin
19. Château Grand Corbin Despagne
20. Château Grand Pontet
21. Château La Commanderie
22. Château La Couspaude
23. Château La Fleur Morange
24. Château La Marzelle
25. Château Laniote
26. Château Laroze
27. Château Monbousquet
28. Château Pavie Decesse
29. Château Peby Faugères
30. Château Petit Faurie de Soutard
31. Château Rochebelle
32. Château Yon Figeac
33. Clos de l’Oratoire
34. Clos des Jacobins
35. Clos la Madeleine
36. Couvent des Jacobins