France · Bordeaux

Clos Les Remparts

Clos Les Remparts is a single-wine estate in the Graves appellation of Bordeaux, producing exclusively a white wine — listed simply as 'Blanc' — that has built a niche auction following over 326 lots at an average price of $153 per bottle. The estate name references the medieval ramparts of the historic town of Léognan, situating it within the southern Graves zone where Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon dominate white production. The top vintage recorded in the auction database is 2003, the notorious heatwave year that produced opulent, low-acid whites across Bordeaux but retains collector interest for its immediate pleasure and rarity. At $153 average with a price ceiling suggesting selective demand from Graves white specialists, the estate occupies the mid-tier of the Pessac-Léognan secondary market — above generic Bordeaux Blanc but well below the classified châteaux of the appellation. The 163-lot volume in the single white wine underscores concentrated demand from a specific collector segment interested in mature white Graves, a category that ages more slowly into the auction mainstream than its red counterparts. The simplicity of the estate's single-wine focus makes Clos Les Remparts an unusual and specialist proposition.