Château Dassault

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Château Dassault is a Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Émilion, on the right bank of the Bordeaux vineyard, property of the Dassault family since 1955. Located on the northern slope of the appellation, this prestigious domaine de produces precise and full-bodied red wines, recognized for their elegance, their vibrant fruitiness and their polished tannins. Dominated by Merlot, its cuvées express the richness of the clay-limestone and sandy terroirs of Saint-Émilion. 

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Dassault 1989
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Bordeaux | Saint Emilion

Dassault 1989

€84.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€70.00 ex-VAT

History of Château Dassault

The history of the estate dates back to 1862, when Victor Beylot created Château Couperie by bringing together three tenant farms in Saint-Émilion. The property changed hands several times until 1955, the year when aviation industrialist Marcel Dassault purchased it on impulse, captivated by the château and its grounds planted with century-old trees and magnolias. He immediately renamed the domaine de his own name, replanted the vineyard and modernised the facilities, with a clear ambition: to elevate the property to the ranks of the greatest.

This pursuit of excellence was rewarded in 1969, when Château Dassault was elevated to the rank of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé, a distinction it has retained ever since. The second wine, D de Dassault, came into being in the 1990s. Under the impetus of Laurent Dassault, Marcel's grandson, the estate expanded with Château La Fleur in 2002 and then Château Faurie de Souchard, whose vineyard was integrated into production in 2022, bringing the total surface area to around forty hectares. Brought together within Dassault Wine Estates, these properties today form one of the largest wine estates in Saint-Émilion.

Terroirs and Vines of Château Dassault

Château Dassault is situated on the northern slope of the Saint-Émilion appellation, at the foot of the hillside. This aspect provides it with a precious natural freshness, favourable to the proper development of the vine's cycle and to adaptation to climate change. The estate draws its character from a mosaic of emblematic terroirs: clay-limestone hillside, clay over limestone bedrock, sandy-clay and clay-sandy soils, as well as ancient sands marked by iron-rich crasse de fer.

The grape varieties, representative of the appellation, combine 66% merlot, 26% cabernet franc and 8% cabernet sauvignon. Since 2015, a ten-year restructuring plan, supported by detailed soil mapping, has made it possible to increase the proportion of the later-ripening cabernets without altering the wine's identity. Long committed to agroecology (grass cover between rows, cover crops, green manures), the estate holds Haute Valeur Environnementale level 3 certification and the Bee Friendly label.

Vinifications of Château Dassault

The harvest is picked by hand, then vinified plot by plot. In 2022, the estate equipped itself with a 3,500 square metre gravity-flow winery on three levels, where vatting is carried out by gravity in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks of varying capacities. This precision tool makes it possible to respect as closely as possible the expression of each terroir and each grape variety.

Ageing takes place in an underground cellar offering ideal humidity conditions, where barrels, large oak casks and amphoras are selected for their ability to preserve the fruit. The fine wine thus spends twelve to sixteen months in these various vessels, with restrained oak that supports the wine without ever dominating it. True to the Dassault family philosophy, the objective remains to produce clean, elegant wines built for ageing.

The Cuvées of Château Dassault

Château Dassault (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé, red) is the estate's grand fine wine, predominantly merlot complemented by cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon. It displays a deep and brilliant colour and a nose of ripe dark fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry, cherry) lifted by gentle spices and finely integrated oak. The palate is broad and dense, retaining a beautiful freshness, underpinned by tight yet well-coated tannins. A true wine for ageing, it blossoms after ten to fifteen years, developing notes of truffle, undergrowth, blonde tobacco and leather, and pairs ideally with red meats, lamb and game.

D de Dassault (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, red) is the estate's second wine, born in the 1990s and formerly known as Château Mérissac. Crafted from the youngest vines, planted on ancient sands, it gives pride of place to merlot. Vinified in small stainless steel tanks then aged for twelve to eighteen months, partly in second-use barrels and partly in tanks, it wins over with its freshness, its generous fruitiness and its roundness. Approachable from its earliest years, it offers an immediate and enticing introduction to the Dassault style.

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