Former financier Arnaud Christiaens is challenging Bordeaux’s famous châteaux by making wines from tiny top plots of vines adjacent to big-name estates, with the help of a soil scientist and some top Bordeaux winemaking consultants. SGC (Le Secret des Grands Crus) produces three standout cuvées—a Medoc, St-Emilion, and Pomerol—but to get them, you have to be a member of its Le Cercle club and approved by the board. According to Christiaens, only “nice people,” (meaning convivial, enthusiastic drinkers, not boring wine speculators) make the cut. The hefty annual fee of £19,920 pounds ($27,700) covers 16 bottles of each cuvée as well as club events, but if you have to ask ...
April 12, 2021 at 08:22PM
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