Ch du Caillau
Chateau du Caillau is located in the Cahors appellation in southwestern France. This wine is produced by the Chateau Clos de La Coutale, which has been in the Bernède family for six generations.
The 100 hectares comprising Clos de La Coutale and Chateau du Caillau are a part of the most ancient vineyards in the Cahors appellation area. Part of the original cellars of Chateau du Caillau & Clos La Coutale date to 1779. But it was under Charles Bernède, an agriculture engineer and the great-great grandfather of the present owner, that the vineyards were restructured and replanted (after the phylloxera crisis) over a 40 year period.
Biography
Today the estate is owned and managed by the multi-talented Philippe Bernède, engineer, who has combined his talent for winemaking and genius for inventions to produce what many consider to be as the flagship wine from Cahors. Unknown to many, Philippe Bernède is the inventor of the patented “Coutale double hinged corkscrew” (he sells +1 million corkscrews annually). Philippe also invented the “Coutale Pigeur”, which is today used by many of the 1st and 2nd growths of Bordeaux (e.g. Latour, Brane Cantenac, etc…).
Wines from Ch du Caillau
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