Château Destieux, winner of the 14th Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés challenge
The Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classé challenge 2014 has just closed at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific
The Château Destieux (winner of this challenge in 2012 and finalist 2010) was the winner, winning the final ahead
Château Monbousquet, that was the runner-up.
And the two semi-finalists were
Château Cadet Bon
and Château Dassault.
Organized by the Saint-Emilion Wine Council, this 14th biennial competition had 36 Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés go head to head in a series of eliminatory rounds (blind taste) in which pairs of wines were compared for overall consistency in quality in three consecutive vintages. This year, the vintages were 2009, 2010 and 2011.
The four top winners will be honored in the medieval city of Saint-Emilion during the « Fête de Printemps » of the Saint-Emilion Jurade, Sunday June 15th 2014. They will presented with a magnum-sized decanter from the Riedel crystal collection.
Since 1999, there is also the Saint-Emilion Crus Challenge, held every two years in Bordeaux, alternating with the Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés Challenge.
list of competitors :
- Château Balestard la Tonnelle
- Château Bellefont-Belcier
- Château Cadet Bon
- Château Cap de Mourlin
- Château Corbin
- Château Corbin Michotte
- Château Dassault
- Château Destieux
- Château Faurie de Souchard
- Château Fleur Cardinale
- Château Fonroque
- Château Grand Corbin
- Château Grand Corbin-Despagne
- Château Grand Mayne
- Château Grand-Pontet
- Château Guadet
- Château Haut-Sarpe
- Château La Clotte
- Château La Couspaude
- Château La Marzelle
- Château La Serre
- Château La Tour du Pin Figeac
- Château Larmande
- Château Laroze
- Château Le Prieuré
- Château Les Grandes Murailles
- Château Monbousquet
- Château Pavie Decesse
- Château Petit Faurie de Soutard
- Château Ripeau
- Château Soutard
- Château Yon-Figeac
- Clos de l’Oratoire
- Clos des Jacobins
- Clos Saint-Martin
- Couvent des Jacobins
Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche