Chateau Beard La Chapelle Saint Emilion 2012

The property of Château Béard La Chapelle has been in the same family for 9 generations and has had two main chapters in its history. In 1980, Richard Moureau took over the vineyards from his parents and built a cellar next to the single vineyard plot "Béard", the site of an ancient chapel from which the property took its name. He received the following year the « le Chapitre des Honneurs » of Saint Emilion for his 1981 vintage awarded to him by the famous oenologist, Emile Peynaud. In 2006, Richard’s son Franck left his career in journalism to take over the running of the estate

The winery has been updated and procedures such as green harvesting" deleafing, desuckering and removing the superfluous bunches of grapes) have been introduced systematically.