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Published on: 31 January 2025

Graves Ambassadors 2025 Awards

Graves Ambassadors 2025 Awards

Since 2021, the list of Graves Ambassadors has been presented to us. This year, the vintage wines Graves Rouge 2022 and Graves Blanc 2023 are highlighted!

At the top, from left to right, Damien Rochet, Fabrice Reynaud, Sébastien Labails. At the bottom, from left to right, Dominique Guignard, Marie-Hélène Yung, Guilain Latournerie, Thierry Labuzan.

In 2021, the appellation Graves launched the first label for wines tasted and selected by consumers. It responds to their overall demand to better identify wines suited to their tastes and preferences in the face of a plethora of offerings, but also to take into account the emergence of other issues such as respect for the environment or the development of wine tourism.

What is a Graves Ambassador?

A Graves Ambassador is a wine that meets the following 3 criteria:

1- Strict compliance with the specifications of the appellation

2- Environmental certification, a guarantee of the winemaker's respect for his environment

3- Facilities ready to welcome you all in their Château!

Once these criteria have been verified by an independent body, the selected wines are tasted blind by more than 120 people.
consumers.

The goal? To involve them in the selection process to reflect their tastes and preferences. After all, they are the ones who
They'll open the bottle!

The Ambassadors of Graves proudly wear the two colors of the Graves appellation. They represent the diversity of wine profiles.
What the appellation offers, and the price-quality ratio that makes them so attractive. They are then the guarantee that by choosing a wine from Graves, you are choosing a wine of exceptional quality.
The consumer cannot be mistaken.

We strongly believe in the potential of the Graves Ambassadors to represent the collective of wines from Graves. Through their
exemplarity, each one expresses the precision and the work put in by all the winemakers of the appellation.

With each new vintage, new Graves Ambassadors:


Never three without four!

Château de Portets has been elected Ambassador of Graves for the fourth consecutive year!

For the winemakers, this award marks the implementation of a policy of producing excellence and demanding standards. Collectively, it demonstrates the ability of the winemakers of the AOP Graves to perpetuate the know-how inherited from an incomparable history that places their wines among the most highly regarded in the Bordeaux wine region.

Congratulations to the properties:

Château Tourteau Chollet, Château La Rose-Sarron, Château Martignac, Château Lagrange, Château Callivet

Immersion in The world of Château de Portets

Dive into the heart of the estate, amidst heritage, history and the discovery of the wines of the Château de Portets.