Château Laulerie

Château Laulerie, founded in 1977 on the Montravel hills west of Bergerac—the first anchor of a family story that would later expand to other properties on the right bank of the Dordogne.

The wines are meant to feel like that landscape: not forced, not overbuilt—just carefully shaped so the terroir stays visible in the glass. Their guiding principles are consistent throughout the site: listen to the land, combine experience with the pleasure of creation, and keep respect for the environment as a working rule, not a slogan.

Location

Château Laulerie’s home is in Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon (Montravel area), where their vineyards sit on terraces along the Dordogne in a rare polyculture setting.
They highlight a defining geological thread: Asteria limestone, described as an extension of the Saint-Émilion plateau, shaping relief and drainage across the sites they farm.

Winemaking & Philosophy

Their approach is built around fit—matching decisions to grape profiles rather than pushing a single recipe across everything. On the Château Laulerie page, they describe the “secret” as a subtle adaptation of vinification to the fruit, keeping extraction intentionally measured.

Environmental work is grounded in a named standard: multiple Château Laulerie technical pages state HVE Level 3 (High Environmental Value) certification, reinforcing that the estate’s landscape focus is meant to be verifiable, not just narrative.

Certifications

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