Chateau Picque-Caillou Blanc 2024 bottle
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Tree fruit
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Citrus fruit
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Earth
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Vegetal
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Floral
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Mineral

Tasting facts

Taste: Dry

Market range $31.47–$43.99 (around the market median, Nov 9, 2026)

House

Producer
Chateau Picque Caillou
Founded
1756
Founder
Jean Laclotte
Home region
Mérignac, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France
Ownership
Laurent Marti (since 2025)

Architect Jean Laclotte built the château in 1756; it remains one of the last working vineyards inside the Bordeaux urban area, on Günzian gravel soils.

Chateau Picque Caillou was built in 1780 in what was then the countryside of Bordeaux. Owned by Isabelle and Paulin Calvet, who took over management in 1995 and purchased it in 1997; consultant winemaker Valerie Lavigne (Denis Dubourdieu team) for over a decade.

Haynes Hanson & Clark

Sustainability / production facts

  • manual harvest

White Blend

Chateau Picque-Caillou Blanc 2024

  • Critics Choice · 93 points · James Suckling

Description

Lovely, gentle grassiness and wet-stone minerality, with enough weight to give real substance; lemon confit, pear, white flowers, chamomile and marzipan; beautifully textured and persistent, sublime balance

Winemaker Notes

The name Caillou refers to pebbles, reflecting the fact that this was once riverbed, when the river Garonne overflowed millions of years ago. The characteristic elegance and finesse of this wine is attributed to its free-draining, gravelly soil and subsoil. Lovely, gentle grassiness and wet-stone minerality, with enough weight to give this real substance. A great example of white Bordeaux wine.

Wine.com price

$36.99

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Type
White
Varietal
White Blend
Grapes
White Blend
Region
Country
France
Colour
White
Price band
$35-60
Oak
6 months in 20% new French oak
Aging
6 months
Vineyard & soil
Free-draining gravelly soil and subsoil; the name Caillou refers to pebbles, reflecting that this was once a riverbed when the Garonne overflowed millions of years ago
LWIN
1017382
Market median
$38.68 (Nov 9, 2026)
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Professional ratings

  • 93ptsJames Suckling
    Consistent, showing hints of cream and minerals on top of sliced apples, ripe gooseberries and quince. Good volume for the vintage, with a nice frame of phenolics and a bright streak of acidity in the middle. Pretty long in the finish.
  • 93ptsWine Enthusiast
    The wine’s licorice aroma and rich tannins promise fine aging potential. With ripe black currants, touched by spice and pepper, the wine, from an estate within the Bordeaux city limits, will be ready from 2028.
  • 92ptsVinous
    The 2024 Picque Caillou Blanc is a gorgeous dry white. Beautifully textured and persistent in the glass, the 2024 impresses with its sublime balance. Lemon confit, pear, white flowers, chamomile and marzipan build effortlessly. This is very nicely done.

Vintage history

Wine Enthusiast · Earlier vintages

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