Château Cruzeau

Château Cruzeau is a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru property of genuine finesse, on the sandy-clay soils west of the town. The blend is classic right bank, Merlot with a healthy proportion of Cabernet Franc, and the wines see well-judged oak.

Grand Cru is the workaday tier of the Saint-Émilion classification rather than the grand one, and estates like Cruzeau are precisely why it remains such fertile hunting ground for value.